Tanner J. King, 28, of Fort Dodge, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, both Class A felonies, and one count of attempted murder, a Class B felony. He remains in the Webster County Jail.

He’s accused of shooting and killing brothers Marion Rhodes, 37, and El Dominic Rhodes, 34, both of Fort Dodge.

One brother’s body was found in an alley near Ninth Street and Third Avenue North. The other was found behind a nearby apartment building at 910 Second Ave. N.

King lives in that building, according to the criminal complaints, filed with the Webster County attorney’s office.

Tanner King

Additionally, police have revealed that there was another man on scene during the shooting, Cletio Clark, 28, of Fort Dodge.

Clark, who is jailed on a charge that he robbed Applebee’s on Sept. 30, was allegedly shot at by King, according to Fort Dodge police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg, but he wasn’t hit.

As a result, King is also charged with attempted murder.

The complaints allege that Clark had confronted King early Monday morning in the alley. The complaint states that King allegedly sold Clark’s girlfriend “bad” drugs.

Gruenberg had said earlier this week that witnesses reported hearing an argument in the area of the shooting.

“Clark states that during this argument Marion Rhodes walks by, exchanges words with Clark and then makes a telephone call,” the complaint stated. “Clark then states that following the telephone call by Marion, El Dominic pulls up in a vehicle and gets out.”

The complaint went on to say that El Dominic Rhodes approached Clark and King as they were arguing.

“At that time King pulls out a handgun and shoots El Dominic,” the complaint stated. “King then turns the gun on Marion and shoots him.”

It’s alleged that King then aimed towards Clark and fired a shot. Clark wasn’t hit, but his girlfriend’s car, which he was driving, was hit.

Clark drove off, while King ran away, the complaint stated.

King was questioned by Fort Dodge police as part of their investigation. A search warrant turned up a box of .40 caliber ammunition with rounds missing. According to the complaint, King told investigators that his DNA might be on the shell casings that were recovered from the scene.

His recent arrest is not the first one for King, who has been connected to some high profile incidents in Fort Dodge. He had been arrested in connection with a 2013 arson blaze that destroyed the Bemrich Electric & Telephone Inc. building.

A year earlier, he was seriously injured when he leaped from the roof of the Webster County Law Enforcement Center.

Earlier Thursday, before he was charged with murder, King appeared in Webster County Magistrate Court on a parole violation charge.

According to the Iowa Department of Corrections website, King was placed on work release and eventually paroled earlier this year on a number of charges.

The charges include February 2014 guilty pleas to aiding and abetting second-degree arson, second-degree burglary, possession of a firearm as a felon and second-degree theft in connection with a fire that destroyed Bemrich Electric and Telephone Inc. on June 21, 2013.

He had admitted to being present when a fire was started at the business. He also said he stole guns that were being kept in the business and that he and an accomplice, whom he did not name, had broken into Bemrich Electric to commit a burglary.

He had received a maximum 30-year prison sentence on those convictions.

Additionally, on Sept. 5, 2012, King suffered several fractures when he jumped from the roof of the Webster County Law Enforcement Center and landed nearly 40 feet in the alley between Seventh and Eighth streets.

Investigators said King tried to leap the 22 feet from the roof of the LEC to the roof of the former Messenger Printing building across the alley. He was being held in the Webster County Jail on charges that included stalking and violation of a no-contact order.

King tried suing Webster County, alleging that he was suicidal and the jail failed to protect him, but that lawsuit was dismissed in 2014.

King eventually pleaded guilty to voluntary absence from custody in connection with the case and received a year in prison, which he served concurrently to his other cases.