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2 arrest in Council Bluffs deadly shooting

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Council Bluffs Police have made a second arrest in connection with a deadly shooting less than 24 hours after it happened.

The Council Bluffs Police Department says 19-year-old Ben Lein, of Council Bluffs, faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder and first-degree robbery.

Investigators say they wanted him for questioning and found him around 10:30 a.m. as he was walking along 1700 block of N 16th Street.

That’s about two miles from where the evening before one person was shot and killed and another was injured.

The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. at 116 Glen Ave., according to police.

Anthony Walker, 22, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the upper chest.  A second victim, 32-year-old Patrick Schutz went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper left arm.

Police arrested 22-year-old Wesley Correa-Carmenaty after a traffic stop near Bluff and Pierce streets.

Police say Correa-Carmenaty tried to get rid of a BB gun and a handgun before stopping, but police were able to find them.

He is also charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and first-degree robbery.

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