Des Moines police are already investigating two homicides, just three days into the new year.
Police in the capital city say an 18-year-old man was shot to death outside a nightclub early on New Year’s Day, while a 55-year-old man was stabbed to death at a home on the city’s east side Monday afternoon.
Police have not made arrests in either case, although a news release says there is a suspect in the stabbing. The victim of Monday’s incident has not been identified, while the victim of the shooting early Sunday is 18-year-old Frederico Thompson, Junior, of Des Moines.