West Des Moines police investigating two scenes that are connected - KCCI Des Moines

WITH BREAKING NEWS. WELL, WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WEST DES MOINES. POLICE ARE SEARCHING THE POND NEAR THE CITY LIBRARY AFTER THEY GOT A REPORT OF A BODY DUMPED IN THE WATER. KCCI HAS BEEN ON SCENE ALL MORNING OFF MILOSEVIC PARKWAY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED IN AND AROUND THE WATER, AS WELL AS A SECOND LOCATION A FEW MILES AWAY ON FULLER ROAD. OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH KCCI IS THE TAN LIVE NEAR THE WEST DES MOINES LIBRARY. NICOLE, WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE RIGHT NOW. SCOTT GOOD AFTERNOON. WHEREBY THE POND JUST OUTSIDE THE WEST DES MOINE LIBYA AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY MORNING IN THIS AREA AS WELL AND ONE POLICE, FIRE AND EVEN THE IOWA DNR SEARCH THIS AREA. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY AND EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THEY WERE DOING ALL MORNING HERE IN THE PONDS. THE POND YOU SEE HERE, THERE WAS ACTUALLY DRONES IN THE AIR SURVEYING THE AREA AS WELL AS POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYING A BOAT INTO THIS POND AS WELL. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR OR WHAT THEY FOUND. IF THEY FOUND ANYTHING, WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT FROM POLICE AGAIN. BUT THERE WAS ALSO A DRONE IN THE AIR LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE’S ANYTHING FROM ABOVE. AND POLICE WERE HERE FOR HOURS. THEY ACTUALLY LEFT US ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO. BUT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WAS VERY BUSY ALL MORNING LONG. WE’RE JUST EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THIS AREA AND WANTS TO WARN DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A LEGITIMATE SITUATION. AS FAR AS WHAT MIGHT HAVE WENT ON WITH THIS. AS YOU MENTIONED, SCOTT, THERE IS ANOTHER SCENE ON FULLER ROAD WHERE POLICE WERE ALSO THERE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND KCCI, BEAU BOWMAN AND BO, WHAT HAVE YOU SAW OR SEEN THIS MORNING OVER THERE IN THAT SCENE. SITUATION HERE IS CONNECTED TO YOUR SCENE OVER THERE AT THE POND. WHEN WE GOT HERE SHORTLY AFTER 8:00, POLICE WERE JUST ALL OVER THIS COMPLEX WALKING IN AND OUT OF THE CONDO ON THE GROUND FLOOR THERE WITH THE SLIDING GLASS WINDOW. WE DID SEE POLICE ESCORT ONE MAN OUT OF THE BUILDING AND STRAPPING HIM DOWN TO A STRETCHER BEFORE LOADING HIM INTO AN AMBULANCE. THERE WERE ALSO ABOUT FOUR SQUAD CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, DETECTIVES COLLECTING EVIDENCE. WE SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER HERE WHO SAID SHE KNOWS THE COUPLE WHO LIVES IN THE CONDO. SHE SAYS SHE’S BEEN WORKING HERE FOR 28 YEARS AND HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT WAS READY TO GO, RAKED THIS AREA AND I WANT POLICEMEN PULLED UP AND I HEARD THE WIFE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE OFFICERS ASKING HER IF THEY KNEW IF HE WAS ARMED OR HAD ANY WEAPONS. AND AFTER THAT, MORE AND MORE POLICE KEPT COMING AND IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK. YEAH. I MEAN, POLICE HAVE BEEN OVER ON DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT NOTHING TO THIS DEGREE. AND WE’RE STILL WAITING TO TALK TO POLICE LATER TODAY. AND WE’LL BRING YOU ANY NEW DETAILS WE GET FROM THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ON KCCI NEWS AT FIVE AND 5:00 AND 6:00 TONIGHT. BUT FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE IN WEST POINT BEAU BOWMAN