(Fort Dodge, Iowa) – An 18-year-old man from Fort Dodge is in custody, charged with Murder in the 1st Degree, following a shooting this (Saturday) morning, in Ft. Dodge. Police says the Webster County Communications Center received a call at around 2:48-a.m., from someone reporting a person had been shot at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 10th Street Southwest. Officers and a Webster County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to the scene, and found an unresponsive man laying in the roadway.

Officers immediately began given medical care to the individual, and while doing so, radioed-in a description of a suspect vehicle leaving the area. A responding officer saw vehicle a few blocks from the crime scene, and conducted a high-risk traffic stop. Two subjects in the vehicle were detained. Meanwhile, medics transported the unresponsive male found on the road, to Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center, where the person was pronounced deceased. The victim was identified as 18-year-old Adrian D. Grover, of Ft. Dodge.

Patrol officers and investigators with the Ft. Dodge Police Department began interviewing witnesses and processing the scene. As a result of their investigation, 18-year-old Quanterious L. Altman, of Fort Dodge, was arrested on the aforementioned felony 1st Degree Murder charge, and a charge of Harassment in the 1st Degree.

The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Ft. Police Department, or anonymously, by Crime Stoppers, at 515-573-1444. The Fort Dodge P.D. was assisted by the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Webster County Attorney’s and Medical Examiner’s Offices, and the Ft. Dodge Fire Department.