DES MOINES, Iowa - A man is in jail after a weekend shooting led to the death of a man outside Karma Ultra Lounge, 4995 Merle Hay Road, early Sunday morning.
Deputies found 29-year-old Des Moines resident Sir William Bekish with a gunshot wound to his head. Bekish was transported to a hospital but died from his injuries.
Two women were also injured from gunshots. Both were treated and released from a hospital, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Thirty-five year-old Gordon Jerome Johnson of Des Moines was arrested Sunday and charged with reckless use of a firearm and possessing a weapon as a felon. He's currently in the Polk County Jail.
The Des Moines Register reports that Johnson was at Karma Ultra Lounge and was observed "discharging a firearm in a reckless manner outside" before running west across Merle Hay Road and hiding the firearm, a Ruger 9mm, in a storm drain in front of Tom's Auto Sales.
But it's not known whether the shots Johnson fired struck anyone.
A community prayer was held Sunday in Evelyn K. Davis Park to honor Bekish.