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A Des Moines man will serve at least two decades in prison for a deadly shooting last year.

2 men arrested in Des Moines first homicide of 2021: One is charged with murder; the other charged as an accessory Andrea May Sahouri, Des Moines Register Des Moines police say 2 of 2020’s 21 homicides remain unsolved Replay Video UP NEXT Des Moines police have arrested two Des Moines residents in connection with the citys first homicide of 2021. Columbus Plum Lewis III, 51, is charged with first-degree murder, and Virgil Alva See, 55, is charged with accessory after the f...

March 2, 2021 Des Moines, Ia (AP) — Police in Des Moines have identified a man fatally shot last week in the city’s first homicide of the year. The Des Moines Police Department said Monday in a news release that 52-year-old Darrell Merriwether, of Clive, died early Saturday after being shot late Friday night in a residential area several blocks southeast of Drake University. Police say officers and firefighters called to the scene found Merriwether around 11:20 p.m. Friday with a gunsho...

Five charged after shooting that critically injures Des Moines 2-year-old Ben Yoder and Philip Joens, Des Moines Register Des Moines police say 2 of 2020’s 21 homicides remain unsolved Replay Video UP NEXT Five people have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting Monday night that left a Des Moines 2-year-old in critical condition.  Shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, Des Moines police responded to reports of gunfire in the area of 13th Street and Jefferso...

Des Moines Police have released the identity of the victim of the city's first homicide of 2021.