UPDATED: Gun Fired at Ames Motel Party Results in 45 Felony Charges for Des Moines Man

A Des Moines man who allegedly fired one bullet during a hotel party in Ames, racked up 45 felony charges, according to the Ames Police Department.

Deon Owens, 23, allegedly displayed a handgun and threatened several people at a party held at the EconoLodge Motel on S.E. 16^th Street early Sunday Dec. 2, where more than 20 people had gathered. Owens who was attending the party wanted to take items of monetary value from other party members, said Ames Police CMDR. James Robinson.

Robinson declined to give specifics on the items citing an ongoing investigation.

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Other people at the party tried to disarm the man when the gun fired, according to the release. No one was injured, but the bullet traveled through two walls and a door and ended up in an empty motel room, Robinson said.

Police went to the motel about 4 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2., after someone reported a disturbance there by calling 911.

As part of the ongoing investigation, police searched Owens' Des Moines home Monday and found a handgun, a release said.

Owens was charged with 11 counts of first-degree robbery, a class B felony, 11 counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a class C felony, 11 counts of going armed with intent, a class D felony, 11 counts of assault while participating in a felony, a Class D felony, and one count of possession of a firearm as a felon, a Class D felony.

Robinson said the multiple counts were related to the number of people Owens is accused of threatening.

A class B felony is punishable by up to 25 years in prison, a Class C felony, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a Class D felony is punishable by five years in prison. Owens was currently being held in the Story County Jail on a $805,000 bond as of 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Neither the Story County Attorney Stephen Holmes nor CMDR. Robinson keeps records but said this case has to rank up there with the greatest number of charges filed in a single case in Story County.

The only kinds of cases that might have brought more charges might have been a car chase where the driver runs through numerous stop signs, forgeries and occasionally drug cases, Holmes said.