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Des Moines police release body camera footage from deadly shooting
Police have released body camera footage from a case last month in which officers shot and killed an armed suspect.
Des Moines police have killed six people since July. Where all the cases stand now
The number of police killings has risen sharply — Des Moines police killed five people between 2015 and 2022, according to data from the Washington Post's police shootings database. That's fewer deaths in seven years than there has been in seven months in Des Moines.
Released bodycam video shows fatal police shooting of Charquan Mylick Hargrove
Des Moines Police Department released bodycam footage depicting the Jan. 2, 2025, fatal shooting of Charquan Mylick Hargrove. Iowa Attorney General's Office and Polk County attorney said police were justified in using force.
'You killed their dad!' woman screams on body camera footage of Des Moines police shooting
Minutes later, Hargrove is seen running into a room. Rude chases him into the room, when Hargrove fires his weapon. Rude runs into a child's room with a crib and a baby seat to take cover and returns fire.
Des Moines police officers cleared of wrongdoing in deadly shooting, per attorney general
Two Des Moines police officers were justified in using deadly force in a shooting last month that left a suspect dead, according to the state attorney general's office.
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Iowa lawmakers eye ending voter-approved recreation trust fund
The Iowa Senate State Government Subcommittee on Wednesday advanced Senate Joint Resolution 6, which would initiate the ...
Des Moines Airport passengers voice concerns about flying
Multiple high profile airplane crashes over the past month have caused some passengers at the Des Moines Airport concern.
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Des Moines police can now enforce the city’s camping ban, impacting the homeless population
The Des Moines ban on public encampments is officially enforceable as of Monday this week. People experiencing homelessness — ...
Can someone just take over your address? In Iowa's loose business registration system, yes
Someone formed a bunch of businesses in Hickory Ridge Estates one morning last June. State officials and the well-to-do ...
Wide-ranging GOP bill would remove gender identity protections from Iowa Civil Rights Act
A wide-ranging Republican bill would remove protections against discrimination for transgender people from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
DMPL announces 2025 Authors Visiting in Des Moines lineup
The Des Moines Public Library announced the 2025 Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) lineup Wednesday. The list includes ...
KCCI archives: Revisit Iowa's February 1996 Arctic air outbreak
More than a foot of snow fell in late January that year, setting Iowa up for extreme temperatures once an Arctic airmass plunged out of Canada to start February. The cold was so intense that statewide ...