By Associated Press - Sunday, June 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a 29-year-old man died after a shooting outside a Des Moines area bar.

The Polk County Sheriff’s office said the shooting happened as officers worked to disperse a crowd of roughly 500 people outside the Karma Bar around 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Deputies found Sir William Beckish with a gunshot wound to his head. The Des Moines man was taken to a hospital where he died.

Two women, ages 33 and 40, went to a hospital with minor gunshot wounds from the shooting. They were both treated and released from the hospital.



Authorities say no arrests had been made as of Sunday morning.

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