Investigation of reported gunshots near Jefferson Ave, Des Moines IA

Weapons

Reported: 11/4/2025 06:59 PM

Jefferson Ave & 7th St, Des Moines, IA 50314

Officers responded to a report of gunshots near the intersection of 7th Street and Jefferson Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. They searched the house and garage near Jefferson Avenue but found no active threat or evidence of ongoing danger at the scene.

Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP

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Transcript:

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Go ahead. The house in question, if you're on the northeast corner of 7th and Jefferson, if you can get an address, there isn't one on the house.

00:08

Supposedly the shots took place just on the south side of this.

00:15

Copy that. Looks to be near Jefferson Ave.

00:20

Question near Jefferson Ave.

00:24

Copy. Okay,

00:30

TN8CR,

00:32

ridden all the trailers,

00:34

approximately 141 in color, running with 298, almost 3 other drivers.

00:39

So you can create at 211.

00:40

Over that,

00:46

clearing up the house near Jefferson Ave, and we're going to have an old traffic for the west side, near Jefferson Ave.

00:56

The badge medic death.

00:59

Hi.

01:04

No direction to travel.

01:07

Go for.

01:13

You know, I've created a second trip. We'll just say on it.

01:19

It again.

01:23

You're going to get another call from the same caller. You don't have to create a second trip if you're able to do that. We'll just stay on this one and figure something out here.

01:33

Sounds like a plan.

01:34

We won't make a trip.

01:36

We'll just keep in this one then.

01:39

Thank you.

01:42

Go on.

01:47

It's going to be last name,

01:49

(name withheld)

01:51

(name withheld)

01:52

First Name, (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), Data Earth, G7502, Gelsen 5-0402.

02:02

366

02:06

21 out there

02:13

0714 (number withheld) pound tom 0714

02:18

7 7

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arrival 20104 thank you

02:39

House is clear.

02:41

Cover that, the house is clear.

02:42

306 is the garage clear.

02:48

Cover that, house and garage clear at 2104. We're going to resume all each other.

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Jefferson Ave & 7th St, Des Moines, IA 50314

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