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Patrick Burton

Case from Des Moines, IA dated Apr 23, 2022

Victim Details

Patrick Burton

Male

Black / African American

Des Moines

IA

2022-04-23

53

Patrick

Burton

06/24/2026

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On a Saturday night in April 2022, a tragic event unfolded near the Des Moines International Airport that resulted in the death of Patrick Burton, a 53-year-old African American man from Kansas City, Missouri. Just before 8:30 p.m. on April 23rd, police and fire personnel responded to a call on the 1900 block of Hackley Avenue. They arrived to find Burton with a life-threatening gunshot wound to his head.

Burton was inside a vehicle at the time he was shot. He was reportedly attempting to ...
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  • KCCI: DMPD: 1 dead, 1 charged with first-degree murder in deadly shooting
  • West Des Moines man charged with murder in shooting death at hotel
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