Des Moines school shooting - live: Three suspects arrested in mass shooting as victim identified

Three suspects are in custody according to police

(AP)

A shooting at a Des Moines, Iowa, non-profit organisation for urban youth has left two students dead and a teacher injured, according to police.

The shooting took place at a programme called Starts Right Here, which is affiliated with the Des Moines school district, the Associated Press reported. The programme is held at a business park in the city.

Police said “multiple suspects” were taken into custody about 20 minutes after the incident.

Three people were stopped in a vehicle and one attempted to run but was apprehended.

Sergeant Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department said that the shooting is a targeted incident.

What we know so far.

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Key Points

• Two students have died
• ‘Again, again, and again’: Another week filled with mass shootings
• Police looking at ‘most serious charges’ for Des Moines shooting

[24 January 2023 03:56 · Sravasti Dasgupta]

Police identify shooting suspect

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting at a Des Moines in Iowa.

According to the police the teen has been identified as student Preston Walls and has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

Walls was on supervised pre-trial release on a weapons charge and had removed an ankle bracelet 16 minutes before he went to the school with a gun and confronted the two student victims.

Police said Walls and the two students all had gang affiliations and were in opposing gangs.

A law enforcement officer walks outside the Starts Right Here building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)

[24 January 2023 13:00 · Josh Marcus]

Victim of shooting identified as Will Keeps, rapper and founder of youth centre

Will Keeps, the rapper and activist who founded the Starts Right Here youth centre in Des Moines where Momday’s shooting took place, was injured in the violence, KCCI reports.

He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition and given surgery.

[24 January 2023 12:00 · Josh Marcus]

What we know about the Des Moines shooting

Independent reporters are following the latest details from the Des Moines shooting.

Learn more in our full report.

[24 January 2023 11:00 · Josh Marcus]

Iowa senator offers condolences after Des Moines shooting

Public officials in Iowa are speaking out after a mass shooting in Des Moines on Monday.

Here’s what they had to say.

[24 January 2023 10:00 · Josh Marcus]

WATCH: Des Moines mayor speaks out following shooting at youth centre

City officials gathered on Monday for a city council meeting in Des Moines, Iowa.

On everyone’s minds were the events of earlier that day, when a shooting at a youth centre left two dead and one injured.

Here’s what mayor Frank Cownie told the council chamber.

[24 January 2023 07:59 · Josh Marcus]

Des Moines school system speaks out after youth centre shooting

“We are saddened to learn of another act of gun violence, especially one that impacts an organization that works closely with some of our students,” the school system said in a statement on Monday.

Read their full remarks here.

[24 January 2023 07:00 · Josh Marcus]

VIDEO: Moment of silence as victims of Des Moines shooting honoured

Iowa lawmakers paused for a moment of silence on Monday in recognition of the two people killed in a mass shooting at a youth centre in Des Moines earlier in the day.

Police have not revealed the names of the deceased at this point.

[24 January 2023 06:00 · Josh Marcus]

Keeping track of the details on another major shooting

Sadly, Des Moines isn’t the only community reeling from a mass shooting.

Over the weekend, 11 people were killed in Southern California at a dance hall on the eve of Lunar New Year.

Our reporters have been following all the details.

[24 January 2023 05:00 · Josh Marcus]

ICYMI: Two students dead and teacher injured in Des Moines shooting with ‘multiple suspects’ in custody

A shooting at a Des Moines, Iowa, outreach centre has left two students dead and a staff member injured, according to police.

The shooting took place at a programme called Starts Right Here, which is affiliated with the Des Moines school district, the Associated Press reported. The programme is held in a business park in the city.

Police said three suspects were in custody. Authorities were called to the facility around 1pm local time and performed CPR on the two students, who later died at hospital. The teacher was listed in serious condition, according to the AP.

Here’s what we know.

[24 January 2023 04:00 · Josh Marcus]

Police decry growing gun violence in Iowa

Local officials are shocked after a shooting killed two and injured a third at a Des Moines, Iowa, youth centre.

All three suspects in the shooting are youths themselves, according to Des Moines police sergeant Paul Parizek.

“That brings a total of five families of teenagers affected by youth gun violence in a matter of minutes on a Monday afternoon, right here in our capital city,” he said. “This is a growing and alarming phenomenon in our country and one we’ve seen too often in the past and again today in the city of Des Moines.”