(Ida County) A Shooting in the Ida County City of Battle Creek is under investigation.
In the late morning hours on Friday, the Ida County Communications Center received a 911 call of shots fired in the 300 block of 5th Street.
When Sheriff’s Deputies arrived, they found 53-year-old Kevin Lee Blume, 53, of Battle Creek, Iowa, suffering from a single gunshot wound. A medical helicopter airlifted Blume to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
The investigation is ongoing, and there is no danger to the public.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Iowa State Patrol, the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office, the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, the Battle Creek Ambulance, the Ida Grove Ambulance, and Ida County EMS assisted the Ida County Sheriff’s Office at the scene.
