OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa man faces a charge of attempted murder following a shooting in the early morning hours on Friday.

The Ottumwa Police Department reports that the shooting took place on Friday, March 6, at around 4:09am. Officers were dispatched to 309 Tindell Street on a report of a male that had been shot at that address. When they arrived, they determined that 22-year-old Dashaun Marquise Scott of St. Louis, Missouri, had been shot multiple times, and that the suspect fled the scene immediately after the shooting.

Scott was transported to the Ottumwa Regional Health Center for emergency surgery. Authorities say he is currently in stable condition. 

Later that morning, at approximately 6:26am, Ottumwa Police responded to the area of North 5th Street and Pleasant Street after a vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant. The vehicle was determined to be the vehicle in which the suspect had fled the scene of the shooting.

The suspect was found less than 15 minutes later on Sheffield Street and was arrested without further incident. The suspect was identified as 27-year-old Xavier Cortez Dennis of Ottumwa.

Dennis is currently being held in the Wapello County Jail with no bond, and he faces a total of 3 felony charges, including Attempt to Commit Murder (class B felony), Going Armed with Intent (class D felony), and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon (class D felony).