Man shot after mishandling firearm near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines IA


A man accidentally shot himself while handling a firearm near Martin Luther King Jr Parkway. Emergency responders are at the scene providing medical care. Another man left the scene with the firearm.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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Transcript:
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Take reports of the shooting, near Martin Luther King Jr Parkway, shooting with a victim.
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All right cards, I'll show you en route.
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There's a gunshot victim.
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And we need your response three, please.
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Perfect, thanks. We don't have much further at this time.
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There is a male with a gunshot wound.
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And 500 vaker.
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A shooting, near Martin Luther King Jr Parkway.
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Parkway on a shooting, DC-1[1]-Dor Response 3[2], Channel 2.
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23-2.
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2nd. Copy 106, let me not find you the whole traffic.
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Which OK. 2.
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2358. No,
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6. 06.
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Just... Stand by, you don't need to halt traffic.
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We're here with...
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Oh, there you go.
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Copy. Standing by, not holding traffic.
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Thanks. One of six, next crime scene as a white female was going to talk to.
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Jamesville, there's three people in the bedroom, male cleaning the gun, messing around with a shot himself, and then another male took off with the gun.
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Copy. Male was messing around with a gun, shot himself, and another male took off with the gun.
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Goal 1. Trauma waiting room 2[3].
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DC-1[1] route.
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Copy, DC-1[1], I'm going to have you head up to Engine 4 and MediC4.
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They responded to near Martin Luther King Jr Parkway.
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Parkway on a hemorrhage.
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They have since requested P.
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Response 3[2] as they have a 57-year-old male that looks like he got shot in the groin.
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We're still getting information now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
DC-1: District Car 1 (unit responding)
[2]
Response 3: Emergency Response Level 3 (expedited response)
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Trauma waiting room 2: Medical trauma code/location
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Location mentioned:
Near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50310
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