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Des Moines police investigating city's 15th homicide of 2024

Police responded to a report of a deceased person in an apartment in Brickstones at Riverbend just after 8:20 p.m. Thursday.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police are investigating a homicide in the River Bend neighborhood Friday morning. 

Police responded to a report of a deceased person at Brickstones at Riverbend (513 Forest Avenue) just after 8:20 p.m. Thursday.

When they arrived, officers found a 65-year-old man dead in an apartment. Police say there was evidence of traumatic injury.

Detectives are in the process of interviewing witnesses and examining evidence. More information will be released as it becomes available.

This is the city's 15th homicide of 2024. 

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