Des Moines man charged in deadly weekend shooting

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man has been charged in connection to a shooting that killed a 24-year-old early Sunday morning.

At around 5:29 a.m. the Des Moines Police Department and Fire Department responded to a report of a crash with injury at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and University Avenue. When first responders arrived on scene they found a vehicle had crashed into a retaining wall.

Officers at the scene discovered that the driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old male, was suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics transported the victim to a nearby hospital where he later died. The victim’s name has not been released.

According to DMPD, evidence collected so far, including security surveillance video, revealed that a group of people were in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 1400 block of 2nd Avenue for an after hours gathering. Arguments between multiple people began, with one escalating into a physical fight, police said. Involved in the fight was 25-year-old Kyonta Lavon Taylor. Police said the victim was attempting to break up the fight when he struck Taylor, knocking him to the ground. That’s when Taylor allegedly pulled out a firearm and shot the victim, police said.

Taylor was arrested on Monday and charged with voluntary manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm.

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