Armed man shot by Des Moines police during drug investigation dies
A preliminary investigation indicated the suspect was a passenger in a car that was under surveillance as part of an ongoing methamphetamine trafficking investigation, the news release said.
Des Moines police have killed six people since July. Where all the cases stand now
The number of police killings has risen sharply — Des Moines police killed five people between 2015 and 2022, according to data from the Washington Post's police shootings database. That's fewer deaths in seven years than there has been in seven months in Des Moines.
Des Moines police: Suspect shot by officers has died
Authorities say the suspect shot by Des Moines police officers Thursday night has died. According to a news release, the shooting happened around 8:40 pm. Thursday in the 1200 block of Maury Street on the southeast side of Des Moines,
Man shot in the knee, rushed to hospital in Des Moines
DES MOINES, Wash. — The Des Moines Police Department is trying to find the person who shot a man in the knee Tuesday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. on 6th Avenue South. The man was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. No word on his condition.
Des Moines police investigating Sunday morning drive-by shooting
The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. According to police, 15 to 20 shots were fired around 1:30 a.m. damaging a house in the 1600 block of Dean Avenue,
Police investigating after man shot in Des Moines
A man was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound after an incident in Des Moines Tuesday morning.Des Moines police officers were dispat
Suspect killed by police, officers involved in drug investigation shooting identified
The Des Moines Police Department has identified the officers who shot and killed an armed man during a narcotics ...
Des Moines police officers were justified in January deadly shooting, Polk County Attorney says
Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham says her office will not file charges against three Des Moines police officers involved ...
Apartment fire response closes Ingersoll Avenue in Des Moines
Firefighters are on the scene of an apartment building on Ingersoll Avenue after a fire was reported Thursday morning. Crews ...
Man killed by police pointed a gun at them with a baby in the room, new report says
Officers were reasonable in their use of deadly force against a man they shot and killed inside his home in January, the Polk ...
Des Moines police officers, suspect identified in Feb. 6 deadly shooting
Senior police officers Neal Shaffer and Titus Deford both fired their handguns at David Leroy Kintz Jr. after the suspect allegedly pulled a weapon last Thursday.