Keokuk man charged with firearms violations following fatal July shooting

KEOKUK (WGEM) - Keokuk Police reported Tuesday that a Keokuk man has been charged with firearms violations following a July shooting that resulted in a death.

On April 2, Keokuk’s Criminal Investigative Division issued multiple arrest warrants related to firearms violations for Matthew Thomas Miller, 27, of Keokuk.

The charges stem from an investigation into an altercation that resulted in the shooting death of 27-year-old Colby Deck.

During the investigation, the Keokuk Police Department conducted a consent search and search warrants at Miller’s home.

During these searches, items that supported the charges were discovered and seized as evidence. Those items were sent to the DCI lab in Ankeny, Iowa, for processing.

Police said the items include, but are not limited to are a shotgun, which had been “sawed” off, and two black cylinders determined by the lab to be suppressors.

Miller is charged with possession of a short-barrel shotgun and two counts of possession suppressor, both class D felonies.

The investigation of the shooting death remains ongoing.

On July 28, 2024, The LeeComm Dispatch Center received two 911 calls about a male adult with a gunshot wound at 9:04 a.m.

When the Keokuk Police Department arrived at 510 Morgan St., they found Colby Deck, with a gunshot wound to the chest. The KPD and the Lee County Ambulance Service applied life-saving measures until Deck died at 9:39 a.m.

Police state the suspect in the shooting of Deck has been identified, but they will not release the name until the investigation concludes.