The Linn County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim in the Wednesday night shooting at 2260 Seven Hills Road, southwest of Coggon.

The Sheriff's Office said the victim is 20-year-old Dylan Michael Plotz of Cedar Rapids. According to an obituary, Plotz graduated from Jefferson High School and worked as a roofer.

The State Medical Examiner's Office in Ankeny is scheduled to perform an autopsy Friday.

According to a news release, detectives have completed their search at the scene in rural Coggon and returned control of the residence to the homeowner.

Detectives continue their investigation.

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The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to figure out what led up to a shooting that killed a man near Coggon Wednesday night.

It happened just before 6:00 o’clock Wednesday night at 2260 Seven Hills Road.

Col. John Stuelke, chief deputy, said investigators haven’t made a decision about charges yet and won’t release the name of the person who died until a positive identification is made by the Linn County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Neighbors in that rural area about five miles southwest of Coggon are still trying to figure out what happen and who is involved.

Gary Halstead, who lives about a quarter mile from the shooting scene, said it was tough to tell what was going on at first.

”I didn’t hear no gunshot or nothing. All I heard was a noisy car ripping up the road and I came out and two cars pulled up and one went over the hill,” Halstead said.

Investigators worked throughout the night and into the day to gather evidence and process the results of search warrants. A number of vehicles were seized as potential evidence.

Stuelke said investigators have determined the person shot and the person suspected of the shooting knew each other so what happened Wednesday night was not a random event.

But the sheer size of the investigation is slowing down the process of providing information to the public.

“We have a handle on what happened. It’s just that it’s a larger than normal amount of people involved in this. A lot of time in an incident like this, it’s just two people. We’ve got more than that involved so it just takes time to put all the information together,” Stuelke said.

People living in the area all mentioned how unusual it was for a crime like this to take place in such an isolated area. However, Stuelke remembered another Linn County homicide case in a similar rural area just a couple of miles away back in 2012.

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Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner said one person is dead following a shooting in the 2200 block of Seven Hills Road southwest of Coggon.

Gardner earlier said one suspect remained at large, but in a news release late Wednesday night, Gardner said investigators do not believe a suspect is at large.

Gardner said his office received a 911 call of an altercation and shooting just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. When deputies arrived they found a male in the back yard of a house near a vehicle.

Investigators have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim and have not yet released his name, according to the news release.

Investigators learned the names of possible suspects and after several hours of searching took several people into custody.

During a news conference, Gardner said "around 5" people had been detained. The news release said the group includes both suspects and witnesses.

K9 units from the Marion and Cedar Rapids Police Departments, and Iowa State Patrol Troopers helped with the search. The Patrol's air wing also helped.

Gardner said investigators believe the shooting was a targeted attack and not random.

Gardner said the investigation will continue all night and he expects to release new information Thursday morning.

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Officers from some law enforcement agencies are leaving the search area where authorities searched for several suspects involved in a shooting southwest of Coggon.

The Linn County Sheriff told KCRG-TV9 the suspects are considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

Our KCRG-TV9 crew said authorities brought in off-road vehicles and appeared to be using aircraft for the search.

Witnesses tell KCRG-TV9 around 7:10 p.m. Linn County Deputies stopped a car on 7 Hills Road near County Highway D62/Coggon Road.

The search area is roughly D62/Coggon Road, Sutton Road, 7 Hills Road, and Hutchinson Road

Authorities have not yet released details of what happened after the traffic stop.

This is a developing story. Stay with KCRG.com for updates.

Linn Co. Sheriff Brian Gardner's Wednesday night news conference: