A Fort Dodge man was arrested Thursday night on murder charges in connection with the deaths Monday of two Fort Dodge brothers.
Tanner J. King, 28, of Fort Dodge was taken into custody by officers of the Fort Dodge Police Department and charged with two counts first-degree murder and one count of attempt to commit murder.
The victims, Marion T. Rhodes, 37, and Eldominic T. Rhodes, 34, brothers from Fort Dodge, were found shot to death in the alleyway behind 910 Second Ave. N. in First Dodge early on Monday morning.
According to a statement released Friday by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation, in the days following the Monday deaths, investigators with the Fort Dodge Police Department and the Iowa Division of Investigation “began working tirelessly to reach a resolution for the Rhodes family and all of those affected by this incident.”
Investigators followed up on numerous leads stemming from information being provided by community members and other investigative leads, the statement said.
During the investigation into the double homicide, it was discovered that at least one shot was fired at a third victim, Cletio R. Clark, 28, of Fort Dodge. As a result of that information, a charge of attempt to commit murder was also filed against King.
Clark was not injured in the incident.
King was booked into the Webster County Jail and was scheduled to make his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court at 9 a.m. on Friday.
Although an arrest has been made, the investigation is still on‐going, the DCI statement said. Investigators are continuing to follow up on information and will continue to encourage those who may have information to contact the police department or Crime Stoppers.
The Fort Dodge Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s Criminalistics Laboratory Crime Scene Team, the Iowa State Patrol, the Webster County Sheriff’s office, the Fort Dodge Fire Department and the Webster County Attorney’s office.
