Des Moines police officers shoot and kill armed 16-year-old

More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.

More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.

BEEN MY KID. TONIGHT, A DES MOINES NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMING TO GRIPS WITH AN OVERNIGHT TRAGEDY. A 16 YEAR OLD BOY SHOT BY POLICE AFTER OFFICERS SAY HE POINTED A GUN AT THEM. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT STARTED WITH A DOMESTIC DISPUTE CALLED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON EAST MCKINLEY. KCCI 8 ANDREW MOLLENBECK IS LIVE THERE TONIGHT. AND ANDREW NEIGHBORS ARE UNSETTLED BY WHAT HAPPENED. GOOD EVENING, JAMES. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MCKINLEY. AND TODAY WE TALKED WITH ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED HOME, AND HE HEARD THOSE SHOTS. INVESTIGATORS STAYED AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ALMOST 12 HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL CALL. THEY WENT IN AND OUT OF THE UNIT LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE AND TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT LED UP TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 16 YEAR OLD BOY. POLICE SAY A FAMILY MEMBER CALLED 911 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TO REPORT A DOMESTIC DISPUTE AND THAT A 16 YEAR OLD HAD A GUN. WHEN OFFICERS GOT HERE, THEY FOUND THE TEEN WITH A GUN AND TRIED TO CALM THE SITUATION DOWN. BUT POLICE SAY THE TEEN RAISED HIS GUN AT OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS FIRED SHOTS. IT WAS RIGHT AT THAT TIME. NEIGHBOR WILLIAM BONNEY WAS COMING HOME JUST HEARD THE SHOTS, SAW THE FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM THE GUN AND TURNED AROUND AND GOT THE HELL OUT OF HERE. HE DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL MORNING WHAT WAS BEHIND THE SHOTS HE HEARD OR THAT A TEEN HAD DIED. I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO REACT TO IT. I MEAN, I’M SAD AND I WISH THAT IT WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. THIS WAS THE FIRST OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN DES MOINES THIS YEAR. POLICE SERGEANT PAUL PARISI SAYS THE OFFICERS WERE WEARING BODY CAMERAS, WITH THE DCI BEING THE LEAD INVESTIGATING AGENCY. ALL OF THE EVIDENTIARY MATERIALS WILL GO TO THEM AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE BODY CAM VIDEO THAT WAS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT. SO THERE’S A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION IN THERE FOR THE INVESTIGATORS. IT’S GOING TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DOWN THE ROAD. THE TWO OFFICERS ARE ON CRITICAL INCIDENT. LEAVE. HE SAYS THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING HAVE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS. WE’RE LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. ANDREW MOLLENBECK KCCI BY EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER AND SCANNER TRAFFIC GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO HOW THIS DEADLY SHOOTING UNFOLDED. LESS THAN 12 MINUTES PAST FROM THE FIRST TIME ON ONE CALL TO AN OFFICERS ON SCENE CALLED OUT, SHOTS FIRED. TAKE 34 OUT OF TEN AS FAR AS CROSSFIRE SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED FOR EAST MCKINLEY, JUST WEST OF APARTMENT EIGHT,

Des Moines police officers shoot and kill armed 16-year-old

More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.

Des Moines police are investigating after officers shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during a domestic dispute.It happened at an apartment at 400 E. McKinley Ave. on the city's south side.Officers were called there at about 12:30 a.m. They found an armed 16-year-old inside the apartment along with other family members. During de-escalation efforts, police say the teen raised the handgun in the direction of officers. More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.Police say several pleas were made for the teen to put the gun down.Officers at the scene began lifesaving efforts, including CPR, but the boy died later at the hospital.KCCI talked to a neighbor who said he heard the gunshots and drove away as fast as he could.The officers' body cameras were recording during the shooting, police reported. This is the first time this year that DMPD officers have shot someone. The Iowa Department of Public Safety's DCI unit is helping with the investigation."With the DCI being the lead investigative agency, all of the evidentiary materials will go to them, and that does include the body cam video that was running throughout the entire event. So there's a lot of valuable information in there for investigators. It's going to answer a lot of questions for people in the community down the road," Sergeant Paul Parizek with the Des Moines police said.The officers involved have been placed on critical incident leave, which is typical procedure. Each officer is a five-year veteran of DMPD.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Des Moines police are investigating after officers shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during a domestic dispute.

It happened at an apartment at 400 E. McKinley Ave. on the city's south side.

Officers were called there at about 12:30 a.m. They found an armed 16-year-old inside the apartment along with other family members. During de-escalation efforts, police say the teen raised the handgun in the direction of officers. More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.

Police say several pleas were made for the teen to put the gun down.

Officers at the scene began lifesaving efforts, including CPR, but the boy died later at the hospital.

KCCI talked to a neighbor who said he heard the gunshots and drove away as fast as he could.

The officers' body cameras were recording during the shooting, police reported.

This is the first time this year that DMPD officers have shot someone. The Iowa Department of Public Safety's DCI unit is helping with the investigation.

"With the DCI being the lead investigative agency, all of the evidentiary materials will go to them, and that does include the body cam video that was running throughout the entire event. So there's a lot of valuable information in there for investigators. It's going to answer a lot of questions for people in the community down the road," Sergeant Paul Parizek with the Des Moines police said.

The officers involved have been placed on critical incident leave, which is typical procedure.

Each officer is a five-year veteran of DMPD.

Des Moines police officers shoot and kill armed 16-year-old

More than one officer fired their own weapons at the boy.

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