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Webster County deputies charged Wade Alan Nehman with attempted murder after a shooting at a rural event center.
KCCI reported that Wade Nehman, 70, of Fort Dodge, is charged with attempted murder after a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Lizard Creek Ranch in Webster County. Court records cited by the station say he got into a fight, went to his apartment for a pistol, and shot the other man. He is held without bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 19. WHO Radio reported the first call came in around 8:30 p.m.
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An attempted-murder charge is an accusation. It is not a conviction. Deputies say the man was shot in the abdomen and that Nehman was still on the property when they arrived. A complaint's claim that he said he meant to kill is an allegation. The Oct. 19 hearing is the next step, not a trial.
WHO Radio reported that the Webster County Sheriff's Office got a call from Lizard Creek Ranch, an event center northwest of Fort Dodge, that a person had been shot in the stomach and that the suspect was still on the property. Deputies gave aid. The man was taken to a Fort Dodge hospital. State troopers and Fort Dodge police helped search and found a man on the property who matched the description. KCCI later identified him as Wade Nehman, 70, and reported he was arrested about half an hour after the shooting.
KCCI, citing court records, reported that Nehman and the other man fought, and that Nehman then got a pistol from his apartment and shot him. The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries. Booking records list attempted murder and possession of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon. He is held without bond, with a preliminary hearing on Oct. 19. The sheriff's office said that night that the shooting was an isolated incident and not an ongoing public threat.
A felon-in-possession count and an attempted-murder count are both accusations. A statement in a complaint about intent is something the state has to prove. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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