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Des Moines PD Identify Teen Killed In Shooting

Photo: Sue Danielson

(Des Moines, IA) --  Des Moines police are identifying a 15-year-old male who was shot and killed near East High School Monday, as Jose David Lopez of Des Moines. Police say Lopez was walking with two teen girls on a sidewalk when a multiple people in vehicles shot him and the two teen girls he was walking with. Lopez was not a student at Des Moines East, but the teen girls are. Police say it was a targeted shooting. Six Des Moines teens have been charged as adults with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Those charged include:

17-year-old Octavio Lopez, 17

14-year-old Nyang Chamdual, 14

16-year-old Manuel Buezo, 16

16-year-old Romero Perdomo, 16

15-year-old Alex Perdomo, 15

17-year-old Henry Valladares-Amaya, 17

Police say six firearms were recovered during residential search warrants.

The teen girls who were shot remain hospitalized.


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