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'Multiple reports of gunfire': Des Moines police say 21-year-old killed in shooting

'Multiple reports of gunfire': Des Moines police say 21-year-old killed in shooting
RIGHT NOW. STACEY: GOOD EVENING. DES MOINES POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE GUNMAN WHO KILLED A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN EARLY THIS MOING.RN RHEYA: THE VICTIM WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS INSIDE A CAR PARKED AT THE CROSSWINDS APARTMEN OTSFF HULL AVENUE. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH IS FOLLOWING THE STORY. HE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE DES MOINES POLICE DERTPAMENT. MARC:US DES MOINES POLICE TELL US THE VICTIM APPEARS TO BE THE INTENDED TARGET AND WHAT HAPPENED SHOULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE LIVING THAT AREA LIVING IN ARFE. A WOMAN TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WAS QUITE THE WAKE-UP CALL. >> I HEARD MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS. MA RCUS: ASKING WE NOT SHOW RHE FACER O USERNAME, SHE HAS LIVED FEET FROM THE CROSSWINDS APARTMENTS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANHIYTNG LIKE THIS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS EVER HAPPENED AND RESULT OF A DEATH IN THIS AREA. MARCUS: SHE SAYS SHE STILL FESEL SAFE, CALLING HER NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE KNIT. DES MOINES POLICE SAY THEY ARE TALKING WITH NEIBOGHRS AND CHECKING FOR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN EFFORTS TO SOLVE FRIDAY MORNING’S HOMICIDE. THE CITY’S NINTH HOMICIDE OF 2021. ON A PACE FOR FEWER HOMICISDE THAN THE 21 IN 2020. POSSIBLY FEWER HOMICIDES TSHI YEAR, BUT POLICE WANT BETTER. >> IDEALLY, I THINK WE SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS THE COMMUNITY DOES THAT ZERO WOULD BE E IDEAL NUMBER TO HAVE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT ISOT N A PERFECT WORLD. MARCUS: ITHS E EASE OF GETTING A HAND GUN TO BLAME FOR VIENOL ? IN THE LAW FOR HANDGUNS WAS JULY, AMENDED TO REMOVE PERMITS TO ACQUIRE AND TO ALLOW PERMITLESS CARRYING BY QUALIFIED PERSONS. >> THE THI WNGE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON IS THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. I’VE GOT ONE ON MY HIP AND ITS NOT KILLING ANYBODY IT’S GOT TO BE THE HAND THAT IT ISN. MARCUS: SERGEANT PARIZEK SAYS A BIG STEP IN THAT DIRECTION IS TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CHANGE BEHAVR.IO >> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPHASIS IS ON MEASURES WE CAN TAKE AS A COMMUNITY TO GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY AREN’T CHOOSING THIS AS THEIR PROBLEM SOLVINSOG LUTION. MARCUS: THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH SAID A LOT OF FAMILIES WITH KIDS LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS. IF THE DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED A FEW HOURS LATER, THERE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN PARENTS
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'Multiple reports of gunfire': Des Moines police say 21-year-old killed in shooting
The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting Friday morning.Police said they were called to the 1600 block of Hull Avenue to investigate multiple reports of gunfire heard in the area.Arriving officers found a person suffering from gunshot injuries at an apartment complex. “Lifesaving efforts were initiated and assistance from Des Moines Fire Department rescue personnel requested. Despite these efforts, this person was deceased at the scene,” police said through a news release.Des Moines police said the victim is a 21-year-old man from Des Moines. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.Police told KCCI he was found with multiple gunshots wounds in a vehicle. Early indications are the victim did not live in the apartment complex.According to police, this is the ninth Des Moines homicide of 2021. There were 21 homicides in Des Moines in 2020.Check the KCCI Breaking News and Weather App for updates on this developing story.

The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting Friday morning.

Police said they were called to the 1600 block of Hull Avenue to investigate multiple reports of gunfire heard in the area.

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Arriving officers found a person suffering from gunshot injuries at an apartment complex.

“Lifesaving efforts were initiated and assistance from Des Moines Fire Department rescue personnel requested. Despite these efforts, this person was deceased at the scene,” police said through a news release.

Des Moines police said the victim is a 21-year-old man from Des Moines. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.

Police told KCCI he was found with multiple gunshots wounds in a vehicle. Early indications are the victim did not live in the apartment complex.

According to police, this is the ninth Des Moines homicide of 2021. There were 21 homicides in Des Moines in 2020.

Check the KCCI Breaking News and Weather App for updates on this developing story.

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