SHOOTING VICTIM IDENTIFIED

SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN A  DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY BAR THAT RESULTED IN ONE WOMAN INJURED AND ONE MAN IN CUSTODY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY 20 YEAR OLD NATACHA BUTERA WAS SHOT DURING AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO MEN AT MAC BEHRS AT 1201 4TH STREET SHORTLY AFTER 1AM SUNDAY.

POLICE SAY BUTERA, WHO IS A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT AT BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY, WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE ARGUMENT BUT WAS SHOT WHEN ONE MAN FIRED A 45 CALIBER HANDGUN.

THAT SUSPECT, 24 YEAR OLD SOLOMAN HARRIS OF SIOUX CITY WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE AND CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT, WILLFUL INJURY, INTIMIDATION WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM.

HE'S IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL. BUTERA SUFFERED A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND AND IS HOSPITALIZED AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN FAIR CONDITION.

POLICE SAY BUTERA IS A MINOR AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO HOW SHE WAS ALLOWED IN THE BAR ARE ALSO BEING LOOKED AT.