In the late hours of a Friday night in Des Moines, Iowa, tragedy struck, marking a somber first for the city in 2021. On February 26, 2021, Darrell Merriwether, a 52-year-old Black man from the nearby city of Clive, was found with a fatal gunshot wound. The incident unfolded in a residential area situated several blocks southeast of Drake University. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene around 11:20 p.m. following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, officers and firefighters di
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