Iowa
Iowa police shoot 16-year-old boy during domestic confrontation
DES MOINES, Iowa — Cops in Des Moines shot and killed a 16-year-old boy they encountered throughout a home disturbance early Monday morning.
The Des Moines Register reported {that a} relative of the boy known as police about 12:30 a.m. to report the dispute at an residence advanced close to Clean Park Zoo. The caller mentioned the disturbance concerned the boy and he was armed with a handgun.
Police mentioned in an announcement that officers discovered the boy in an residence with different relations. Officers tried to speak to the boy to de-escalate the scenario however the boy raised the gun towards officers, prompting a couple of officer to open fireplace. The boy later died at a hospital.
State brokers are investigating the capturing.
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