Incident

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7-16-2019 Iowa Des Moines 3-1

Location

July 16, 2019

Des Moines, Iowa

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez
Age: 29
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Grecia Daniela Alvarado-Flores
Age: 11
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Ever Jose Mejia-Flores
Age: 5
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Marvin Oswaldo Esquivel-Lopez
Age: 31
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Child Involved Incident
Child killed (not child shooter)

Notes

Woman, her 2 children killed by suspect in home, whose own wife and children were out; suspect deported twice before; 2/25/22 sentenced to life in prison

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 22 LR

Sources

URL: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/07/17/des-moines-crime-iowa-triple-shooting-ice-deportation-homicide-murder-polk-county-crime/1762099001/

URL: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/08/06/mother-children-shot-twice-head-des-moines-search-warrant-triple-homicide-iowa-esquivel-lopez-crime/1934378001/

URL: https://www.kimt.com/content/news/Trial-begins-for-man-accused-of-killing-mother-2-children-in-Iowa-574203881.html

URL: https://www.kcci.com/article/man-sentenced-in-des-moines-triple-homicide-marvin-esquivel-lopez/39231966

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 18
State House District: 35