Drive-by shooting near Price Chopper with multiple shots fired, Des Moines IA


Multiple callers reported a drive-by shooting near the Price Chopper parking lot on Beaver Avenue. A man wearing a white T-shirt fired several shots from the sidewalk. Shell casings were found near Franklin Avenue and the northeast corner of Beaver and Franklin in the alley behind a building. A silver Nissan Rogue was possibly involved and fled the area at high speed. There have been no victim injury reports so far.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Police Dispatch 1
07:2
Transcript:
00:00
Anybody that can take, go on this drive-by? We have no cars in citywide.
00:03
205 shows to keep in on this bill.
00:05
205, I'll put you on it.
00:06
We're getting a little bit further.
00:07
We're getting lots of calls on it.
00:08
Black male white T-shirt fired six shots, then two to three more after that, standing on a sidewalk on the north side of the street near the Price Chopper parking lot.
00:15
Again, a black male white T-shirt fired six shots, then two to three more after that, standing on the sidewalk on the north side of the street near the Price Chopper parking lot.
00:23
Male ran off eastbound from there, we're taking some more calls now, said that 2012-40th place calls said they heard some of eight shots from the south and then saw a younger black male with his hair up run northbound through the yards, I'm known if they had any kind of weapon or not.
00:36
0-1. 5-0-1.
00:37
Is there any victim reporting this yet, or we don't have any injury?
00:40
Nobody has taken a call from a victim yet.
00:42
There's somebody there at the corner of Marilla Trail in Franklin that has pictures of the vehicle or taking more calls.
00:48
Lots of calls here.
00:49
Lassine, or saw a black male, white shirt, pink shorts, had the gun with shooting, and said there was also another male with him.
00:56
He was a black male wearing jeans.
00:58
Caller at 2012, where the place also wants to meet.
01:00
And the witness in the picture said, that has the picture, said it was a silver Nissan, possibly a Rogue.
01:06
500. Carbary. Just have two cards on it, 205 and 208.
01:08
Anybody else that can help out?
01:09
Two Adam.
01:10
Two Adam. It's been advised, though.
01:11
Not a long way to off.
01:12
Switch on it.
01:13
61 throws on it.
01:14
205, can you tell me where that trail road is? My computer's not working.
01:19
It's right behind the Price Chopper on Beaver.
01:22
Copy that. We're just pulling over the Price Chopper now.
01:24
Can you repeat that? 202.
01:26
You can show me back in.
01:27
I'm heading away. A couple more updates here in reference to the shooting drive-by 1746 Marla Trail.
01:33
They said they have on camera a black male 18 wearing a dark shirt, black pants, left south end, on foot.
01:39
Another caller thought that the person that was wearing a white shirt, pink shorts that had the gun was shooting at someone in the silver SUV.
01:47
I don't want to catch me to it.
01:48
Happy.
01:49
C9, can you put me up for lunch?
01:51
Tommy. 31 DP.
01:52
Go ahead.
01:53
We got it checks, okay. We'll be back in.
01:54
Copy.
01:55
And I'm moving route to the west side deal.
01:56
Copy. 05.
01:57
Go ahead. Just Mark, I have some shell casings at 4031 Franklin Avenue here.
02:03
I don't know if anybody got hit.
02:05
It sounds like they were shooting at a car that was driving by.
02:08
We'll look for some more.
02:09
Copy, 431, Franklin Hush.
02:11
Shell casing sounds like they were shooting in a car that was driving by and possibly that silver robe.
02:15
299. Go ahead.
02:16
I'm going to start floating that direction if you don't mind adding me to that trip.
02:20
Howie? 23. 223. 223.
02:21
Case number, please.
02:22
24328, 24328.
02:25
Gabby, thank you.
02:27
You're welcome. 205. 205. 205.
02:30
We had a witness here that's stating that they believe they know where at least two of these males went to.
02:37
Sounds like they entered a house down Beaver.
02:40
If someone wants to come here, I'm at the corner of Franklin and Marella.
02:47
If someone can come here and I'll tell them which house it was.
02:50
Copy, is there anybody that can meet with 205 at Marla Trail in Franklin that can possibly go to a house on Beaver where two suspects possibly went to?
02:57
C-O-8 I'm out with him.
02:58
Copy, 208 is out with them.
02:59
Anybody else that can assist?
03:00
33 Adam, you have that way.
03:02
Copy, 33 Adam and 231.
03:03
I'm actually going to put you guys on it as well.
03:05
You're all I have citywide.
03:06
205. 205. Just another address to add here.
03:09
I don't know what the address is for sure, but it's on the north corner of Beaver and Franklin right behind the building in the alley.
03:15
I've got one more shell casing.
03:17
Okay, can you repeat that one more time? North corner of Beaver and Franklin, which corner?
03:21
All right, northeast corner of Beaver and Franklin.
03:24
It's the building right there.
03:25
I don't know what the address is, but I got a shell casing in the alley behind the building.
03:29
Copy. We took a call about two minutes ago, two, three minutes ago, that at 14th and Euclid, there's a silver Nissan Rogue that was driving at a very high rate of speed eastbound with a black male driver, possibly related to this.
03:43
5-01 won't we take all this to another channel one bag?
03:46
Copy all cars in reference to the drive-by shooting, go to channel 4, please.
03:51
All cars, we're moving the drive-by to channel 4.
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Location mentioned:
Near Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
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