(Des Moines) Police are calling a deadly Christmas Day shooting in Des Moines a murder-suicide. Officers responded to a home on Wednesday for a report of shots fired when they found two people with gunshot wounds. Turns out it was a husband who had shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. Investigators say the 60-year-old husband died at the scene, and the 53-year-old victim went to the hospital, but an update yesterday said she had passed away. The homicide was the 17th to take place in Des Moines this year.
Christmas Shooting Was Murder-Suicide
Dec 27, 2024 | 5:48 AM
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