One dead, one injured after shooting in Des Moines - KCCI Des Moines

SEASON. KCCI 8 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES, WE LEARNED A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING AT 23RD AND UNIVERSITY. A WOMAN IS INJURED IN THAT SAME SHOOTING. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SCENE MINUTES AFTER THE CALL CAME IN TO PUT INTO POLICE ABOUT 6:00 TONIGHT. NOW, THAT AREA IS KNOWN AS THE DOG TOWN DISTRICT. IT’S NEAR DRAKE UNIVERSITY. KCCI IS KAYLA JAMES IS HERE WITH WHAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT IN JUST THE LAST FEW HOURS. KAYLA. WELL, LAURA, LIKE YOU SAID, THE POLICE SENT OUT NEW INFORMATION JUST MINUTES BEFORE WE CAME ON AIR. WE NOW KNOW ONE MAN IS DEAD FROM HIS INJURIES IN THAT SHOOTING AND ONE WOMAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL. WE’RE TOLD HER INJURY IS NOT LIFE THREATENING. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE SIX. AND YOU CAN SEE POLICE HAD A HEAVY PRESENCE IN THE AREA WHILE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED. A GUN ON THE SIDEWALK, A POLICE OFFICER STANDING GUARD. AS INVESTIGATORS WORK THE SCENE. SHORTLY AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT. THE MALL POLICE SAY THEY DON’T YET KNOW WHO THE GUN BELONGS TO. THE FIRST OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY DID FIND A VICTIM IN ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS BEHIND US. THAT VICTIM QUICKLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER VICTIM, POLICE SAY, WAS DROPPED OFF AT A HOSPITAL SOME TIME LATER. POLICE CLOSED DOWN THE STREET AS INVESTIGATORS TOOK AN EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE THEY COULD FIND IN THE DOG TOWN DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. WE DON’T THINK THAT THIS IS ANY THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE UP BY DRAKE. SEEMS TO BE AN INCIDENT THAT WAS PRETTY ISOLATED. COMMUNITY LEADER REPRESENTATIVE AQIL ABDUL SAMAD RUSHED TO THE AREA. THIS SHOOTING. TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY SON’S DEATH TAKING A SIGNIFICANT TOLL ON HIM, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP HIM FROM BEING THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA THAT’S BEEN WORKING TO PROMOTE PEACE, A NON-VIABLE LENS. WE GOT TO START LOOKING AT PEACE, YOU KNOW, AND KNOW. AND THERE’S NO ONE QUICK SOLUTION THAT NONE OF THIS. BUT WE GOT TO START NOT JUST DEALING WITH VIOLENCE. WE’VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THE PEACE. YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THAT? HOW DO WE REACH THAT? YOU KNOW, THAT OBJECTIVE RIGHT NOW, NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON OUR WEBSITE AT KCCI. ICOM,