According to the Marshalltown Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of N 1st Ave. in Marshalltown for a reported assault on December 4th. A 30-year-old female reported a male coming to her residence and began assaulting her with a bat. A 75-year-old male bystander witnessed the assault and tried to intervene, he was then also struck by the bat. The female victim was transported to the hospital and has sense been released. Through an investigation officers developed a suspect and on December 5th the Marshalltown Police Department arrested Ktwo Esa, age 20, of Marshalltown. Esa has been charged with Attempt to Commit Murder and Willful Injury. This investigation is still on-going.
Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB