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Des Moines police investigating city’s first homicide

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February 27th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating a shooting in Des Moines that fatally wounded a 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.

Police said in a news release that despite lifesaving efforts at the scene and the hospital, he died at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday. This is the city’s first homicide of the year.