Police: Large fight escalated to gunfire that injured 3 teens
Updated: 5:08 PM CDT May 17, 2022
Police: Large fight escalated to gunfire that injured 3 teens
Updated: 5:08 PM CDT May 17, 2022
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THANK YOU CHRIS NEW AT FIVE DES MOINES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT INJURED THREE TEENAGERS. IT HAPPENED JUST BEREFO 3 O’CLOCK THIS AFTERONNO NEAR 17TH AND GARFIELD SOUTHEAST OF MLK PARK ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF DES MOINES POLICE. SAY A LARGE FIGHT LED TO THIS SHOOTING THE THREE TEENAGERS WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL TIRHE IS NOT LIFE-THREATENING POLICE SAY SEVERAL WITNESSES ARE HELPIN
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Police: Large fight escalated to gunfire that injured 3 teens
Updated: 5:08 PM CDT May 17, 2022
Three teenagers were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after a shooting on the east side of Des Moines. Police said a large fight turned into gunfire near East 17th Street and Garfield Avenue. The fight broke out at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. One group fired at the other group, and the groups separated. At that point, the other group fired back, according to police.The teens' injuries are non-life-threatening. Police aren't sure whether the shots were fired from a vehicle or from outside of a vehicle. Police report that there's no ongoing threat to the general public.Stay with KCCI as this story develops. More news:
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Three teenagers were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after a shooting on the east side of Des Moines.
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Police said a large fight turned into gunfire near East 17th Street and Garfield Avenue. The fight broke out at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. One group fired at the other group, and the groups separated. At that point, the other group fired back, according to police.
The teens' injuries are non-life-threatening.
Police aren't sure whether the shots were fired from a vehicle or from outside of a vehicle.
Police report that there's no ongoing threat to the general public.
Stay with KCCI as this story develops.
More news: