Three people have now been arrested in connection to a shooting resulting from a botched drug deal on August 1st, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. On Wednesday 30 year old Larry Phillips, 17 year old Eric “Mooda” Hayes Jr., and 17 year old Deondre Seals were arrested and charged with first degree Robbery. Seals was also charged with Intimidation with a Weapon and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Hayes allegedly arranged to sell $200 worth of marijuana on Instagram, but when the selling group and a group of buyers met they both showed fire arms leading to gunfire. Aundaris Reed was shot and injured. He was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where he remains. Phillips was wearing an ankle monitor at the time with the GPS information placing him at the scene. He is currently awaiting trial for allegedly shooting a man in the hand in the parking lot of Flirt’s Gentlemen’s Club after the man allegedly punched him. Hayes was charged with shooting two people during a robbery in February of 2022.
