By Associated Press - Saturday, February 27, 2021

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are investigating a shooting in Des Moines that fatally wounded a 52-year-old man.

The Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to the report of a shooting at about 11:20 p.m. Friday and arrived to find the man with a gunshot injury.

Despite lifesaving efforts at the scene and the hospital, he died at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday, police said in a news release.



This is the city’s first homicide of the year.

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