Tanner J. King, 28, of Fort Dodge, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He’s alleged to have shot and killed brothers Marion Rhodes, 37, and El Dominic Rhodes, 34, in the early morning hours of Oct. 22, 2018, in the alley behind 910 Second Ave. N.

He’s also accused of shooting at Cletio Clark, 28, of Fort Dodge, during the same incident.

King has pleaded not guilty to all three charges and is scheduled to go on trial starting May 6 in Fort Dodge.

King’s defense team is seeking to suppress some of the evidence against him.

A motion filed March 25 by King’s attorneys, Paul Rounds and Katherine Flickinger, of Nevada, alleges Fort Dodge police committed multiple violations of King’s rights during the course of the investigation.

It states that officers first spoke with King on the morning of the shooting, then later returned to speak with him after obtaining a search warrant.

“Mr. King objected to the continued search as officers approached his garbage can,” the motion states. “Officers searched the garbage can despite Mr. King’s objection, locating .40-caliber ammunition. Additionally, officers obtained multiple search warrants for Mr. King’s phone and his residence.”

According to previous criminal complaints, Clark had confronted King early on the morning of Oct. 22, 2018, in the alley behind 910 Second Ave. N. The complaint states that King allegedly sold Clark’s girlfriend “bad” drugs.

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

El Dominic Rhodes approached Clark and King as they were arguing, according to the complaint.

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

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

Clark drove off and King ran away, according to the complaint.

• King and his counsel allege that investigators targeted people who did not provide information on King.

“When the individuals did not provide the information law enforcement sought, officers seized property, threatened charges, and racketeered their way to information that supported their theory of the case,” the motion stated. “Part of this coercion by law enforcement included the issuance of fourteen warrants for individuals other than Mr. King. Each of these warrants was issued contrary to the law and in violation of the individual rights.”

It’s never stated in the complaint if the warrants in question were arrest warrants or search warrants.

• Rounds and Flickinger’s motion also states that investigators didn’t read King his rights when they were interviewing him.

“Detective (Larry) Hedlund failed to advise Mr. King of his Miranda Rights on October 24, 2018, when he was questioned by Detective Hedlund in his apartment,” the motion stated. “Mr. King was in custody at the time as he was subjected to a show of authority by multiple officers raiding his home and taking control of his property. Defendant was not advised that he could leave and was questioned about an alleged murder investigation.”

• The motion also accuses law enforcement of specifically targeting King from the moment the investigation began.

It states that Ryan Baldridge, first assistant Webster County attorney, was on scene the morning of Oct. 22, 2018, and signed a search warrant that was issued two days later, which King alleges was the basis for him being taken into custody to obtain fingerprints and DNA.

“Based on the search warrant signed by Assistant County Attorney Baldridge, it is clear that the forces of the state had aligned against the defendant prior to his interrogation by Agent (Ray) Fiedler (of the state Division of Criminal Investigation) on October 24, 2018, and defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel had attached at that time,” the motion states. “As no counsel was provided through that interrogation or any subsequent interrogations, all statements by defendant and any resulting evidence that was obtained should be suppressed as a fruit of the poisonous tree.”

• King and his counsel also accuse the search warrants of being unconstitutional. One of them “does not provide probable cause that evidence of a crime would be located at 910 2nd Avenue North, Apartment 8, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, or on Tanner King’s person.”

That apartment is where King was living at the time of the double-homicide.

• Other allegations claim there is no probable cause for items listed in another search warrant and that the warrants are “unconstitutionally over broad” by authorizing “the seizure of large categories of information without any limitation: records, receipts, paperwork, cellphones and electronic devices.”

Judge Kurt Stoebe, of the 2nd Judicial District, who is the judge assigned to King’s case, has scheduled a hearing on the matter April 11.