Iowa man pleads guilty to nightclub shooting charges

A man has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and another man during a crowded birthday party at an Iowa nightclub where he was working security.

THIRD VICTIM OF IOWA NIGHCLUB SHOOTING DIES

Timothy Rush agreed this week in a motion to a deal in which he pleaded guilty to two charges of involuntary manslaughter and seven other felony counts. Court documents show that a judge accepted the plea deal Thursday, KWWL-TV reports.

Timothy Rush has pled guilty to reduced charges for perpetrating a 2022 shooting at a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, nightclub. (Credit: Linn County Correctional Center)

Three people were killed and nine others were wounded in the April 10 shooting at the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge in Cedar Rapids.

IOWA NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING LEAVES 2 DEAD, 10 INJURED

Rush, who claimed self defense, initially was charged with two counts of second degree murder in the deaths of two of the victims — 31-year-old Marvin Cox and 35-year-old Nicole Owens, who was the mother of his young daughter. Sentencing is set for May 22.

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A second suspect, Dimione Walker, was sentenced last year to life in prison for killing the third victim, 25-year-old Michael Valentine.

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