By Associated Press - Monday, February 15, 2021

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) - Police in central Iowa are seeking a suspect in the shooting death early Monday of a man working at a Marshalltown convenience store.

The shooting happened just after 3 a.m. inside a Casey’s convenience story on Third Avenue, according to a news release by Marshalltown police. Officers called to the store found a man suffering from gunshot wounds who later died. He was identified as Michael Ray West, a 48-year-old Marshalltown resident who was working at the store.

Police have not publicly identified a suspect, but do have surveillance video from the store showing a person in sunglasses and a black hooded jacket brandishing a gun as he walks through the store’s entrance.



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