March 29, 2024

Des Moines police investigating apartment killing

DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines police have identified the man found dead with a gunshot wound in an apartment in the city’s River Bend area.

Police say in a news release that officers were called to a shooting in an apartment at 1:24 a.m. Sunday. The caller reported a person had been shot, and when officers arrived they found a man who was dead with a single gunshot wound.

Police say they’re investigating the death as a homicide and were interviewing witnesses.

The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Anthony Denzell Moss of Chicago.