Des Moines Police identify shooting victims

UPDATE:   Des Moines Police have identified those involved in an early morning shooting at 1125 14th Place.   Police say 20-year-old Mickey Johnson was shot in the jaw, and is hospitalized in critical condition.  Two others suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds, Deontazsha Gunn and Someya Ahmed are hospitalized in good condition.  Police have not made any arrests in the case at this time.

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DES MOINES, Iowa - A man is in critical condition after three people were shot inside a house in Des Moines early Thursday morning.  Two women are in good condition, according to police.

Neighbors called 911 early Thursday morning to report hearing a fight at the house at 1125 14th Place, just off Keo, and just north of I-235.  A patrol officer outside the house tells WHO Radio News that a few minutes after report of the fight, came a 911 call reporting multiple people were shot.

Detectives arrived at the house not long after, and several walked around the perimeter of the house with flashlights, focusing on a back corner of the house.  Then the detectives could be seen inside the house, camera flashes eerie strobe lights seen from across the street as they photographed evidence.

Police say there will be more information later today.


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