Incident

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1-01-2023 Iowa Des Moines 1-2

Location

January 01, 2023

3720 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy
Des Moines, Iowa

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Jaquez Alonzo Allen
Age: 18
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Marlin Santana Thomas
Age: 24
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Victim stops crime
Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator

Notes

Subject and accomplice met at location to confront victim about a debt. Fight ensued and victim grabbed subject's gun, hitting both attackers

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://twitter.com/DMPolice/status/1609634223123472384

URL: https://twitter.com/ScannerDSM/status/1609689448102477825

URL: https://twitter.com/ScannerDSM/status/1609745250829869056

URL: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/01/02/police-say-self-defense-shooting-is-des-moines-first-2023-homicide/69770475007/

URL: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/01/03/first-des-moines-homicide-of-2023-results-in-arrest-of-altoona-man-shooting-jaquez-allen-dmpd/69774636007/

District

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