AVOCA, Iowa (WOWT) - One person was injured and another was taken into custody after a shooting in Avoca, Iowa Thursday evening.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the town of Avoca just after 8 p.m. Thursday night.

At the scene, deputies found a victim suffering from minor injuries as a result of the shooting at a rural home west of the city. Deputies also found that the suspect was still in the home at the time, and that minors were in the home with the suspect.

Negotiators and the Pottawattamie County Emergency Response Team were able to make it to the scene as the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Shaun McCarthy, was still inside the home.

After a short standoff, McCarthy taken into custody and the minors in the home were

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