Jaquez Alonzo Allen

Death by Force

Jaquez Alonzo Allen, an 18-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally shot on January 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, marking the city's first homicide of the year. The incident unfolded in the afternoon in the Lower Beaver neighborhood, stemming from a dispute. Police responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 1:03 p.m. at 3720 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, where they found Allen with a critical gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later succumbed t ...Read More

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/

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

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