Winthrop man charged with attempted murder of father after investigation | Crime and courts

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) – A Winthrop man is reportedly facing attempted murder charges Shoot his father at the end of April.

On Friday, 32-year-old Ashton Wayne Root was arrested by Buchanan County Sheriff’s deputies. He faces a charge of attempted murder.

Root is accused of shooting his father, Michael, in an April 27 incident in Winthrop. He was shot in the stomach and arm. He has now been released from the hospital.

Based on information obtained at the hospital, Sheriff’s Deputies and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation executed a search warrant for the home in Winthrop.

During the investigation, it emerged that the shooting was the result of a two-day argument between father and son.

Root is incarcerated at the Buchanan County Jail.