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Police seek suspect in Sioux City apartment complex shooting

36-year-old Roderick D. Banks, a Sioux City native, is wanted in a shooting on Sunday, which police say may have been motivated by a drug deal.
Credit: Local 5

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Police have identified a suspect in the weekend shooting of a man at an apartment complex in Iowa. 

The the Sioux City Journal reports that police said Friday that they have a warrant for the arrest of 36-year-old Roderick D. Banks of Sioux City on a charge of first-degree murder. 

He is wanted in Sunday’s shooting of Solomon Blackbird at Park Place Apartments near Grandview Park. 

Officers found Blackbird suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

The Sioux City Police Department says the shooting may have been motivated by a drug deal between the two men.

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