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Police: 1 dead, 1 injured in related shootings

Updated: 6:36 AM CST Feb 8, 2017

Des Moines police are investigating the city's fifth homicide.

Police were called to the 800 block of Shawnee Avenue on a report of a shooting around 6:40 p.m. When officers got there, they found a deceased male adult on the sidewalk in front of a residence.

While officers secured this scene for further investigation, a shooting victim arrived at Mercy Hospital. That victim drove himself to the hospital.

As officers investigated this incident, it was quickly determined that the two were connected.

The victim at Mercy is also an adult male. His injuries are not life threatening.

Detectives are working to identify the location of where the shootings occurred. Police do not believe the homicide victim was shot at a different location. Des Moines Police Department detectives are following investigative leads and interviewing witnesses.

The Des Moines Police Department Crime Scene Investigation Unit is processing the scene in the 800 block of Shawnee for evidence. That roadway will be closed to through traffic for several hours.

WEBVTT SNOW IS ON THE WAY.HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPECT AND WHENIT WILL ALL MELT AWAY.STACEY: DES MOINES POLICE ON THESCENE ON A HOMICIDE.THEY TELL US ONE PERSON WAS SHOTAND KILLED.IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 7:00TONIGHT.SHAINA: KCCI'S LAURA TERRELLJOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOWRIGHT NOW.LAUR WE KNOW A MAN WAS FOUNDDEAD RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDEWALKAT 814 SHAWNEE AVENUE.WE KNOW ANOTHER VICTIM WAS SHOTAND INJURED AND TAKEN TO MERCYMEDICAL CENTER.HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.POLICE DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS MANENDED UP DEAD HERE.THEY BELIEVE IT HAPPENEDSOMEWHERE ELSE AND HE WAS LEFTHERE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERETHAT OTHER SCENE IS.THEY ARE STILL OUTSEARCHING,TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THISHAPPENED, WHO DID THIS.THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS.POLICE ARE HOPING TO TALK TO THEVICTIM IN THE HOSPITAL.THEY ARE SAYING HE IS COHERENT.THEY ARE HOPING TO LEARNINFORMATION FROM HIM, AND THATWILL BE THE MOST CRITICAL PIECEOF THE PUZZLE, WE WERE TOLDTONIGHT.>> THE INFORMATION WE GET FROMTHE VICTIM AT THE HOSPITAL ISPROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME OF THEMOST CRITICAL INFORMATION.IT SOUNDS LIKE HE MADE THE -- HEMAY BE NOT ONLY A VICTIM, BUT AWITNESS.LAURA:THE SCENE STILL VERY MUCHACTIVE TONIGHT.WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL POLICEOFFICERS JUST ARRIVE ON SCENE TODO AN EVALUATION OF THE SCENEAND PICK UP ALL THE CRIME SCENEEVIDENCE.WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT LED TO THIS.NO MOTIVE, NO SUSPECTS AT THISTIME.AUTHORITIES TRYING TO FIGURE OUTWHAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING.WE DO NOT HAVE THE NAMES, AGESOF THE VICTIM YET.

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Des Moines police investigate homicide - KCCI Des Moines