TWO CHARGED IN DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS

TWO SIOUX CITY MEN ARE IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES RELATED TO A PAIR OF DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE CITY'S WEST AND NEAR NORTHSIDE.

2O YEAR OLD MELVIN WILLIAM SPENCER  AND 24 YEAR OLD PATRICK L. CRAFT ARE EACH CHARGED WITH FELONY TERRORISM:

OFFICER CHAD SHEEHAN SAYS THE SUSPECTS DROVE BY A HOME AT 1612 WEST 17TH STREET AROUND 10:15PM  AND EACH FIRED A GUN AT THE HOME. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE AT THE HOME DURING THE SHOOTING, INCLUDING CHILDREN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

SHORTLY AFTER 11PM, A SECOND SHOOTING WAS REPORTED IN THE 700 BLOCK OF 17TH STREET NEAR JACKSON STREET. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE WAS THE SAME AND OFFICERS FOUND THAT VEHICLE IN AN ALLEY IN THE 900 BLOCK OF JENNINGS:



SHEEHAN SAYS THE INVESTIGATION OF THE TWO SHOOTINGS IS CONTINUING AND SAYS THE INCIDENTS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE RANDOM ACTS.

BOTH SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRIMES MAY ANONYMOUSLY CALL THE CRIMESTOPPERS HOTLINE AT 258-TIPS.