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Des Moines police investigating early morning shooting death

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October 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(UPDATE) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are investigating the early morning shooting death of a man. Police say officers and fire department medics responded at 2:25 a.m. Thursday to a shooting report on the city’s north side. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound and medics transported him to a hospital, where he later died. The man was identified as 42-year-old Thurmon Tervale Cole, of Des Moines.

Police are investigating and there have been no arrests. It’s the city’s 10th homicide this year.