DES MOINES, Iowa — EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video is from Aug. 30
As police on the east side of Des Moines investigated a shooting Monday night, other officers along the 1900 block of Hartford Avenue launched a death investigation.
The Des Moines Police Department said officers responded to a welfare check in the area around 5:59 p.m. A citizen called police to report an unresponsive man on the ground near the south bank of the Des Moines River.
Once they arrived at the scene, police found the man was dead and began investigating.
DMPD said Tuesday the victim "sustained [a] gunshot injury prior to his death."
Later on, police identified the victim as 43-year-old Javier Moncada of Des Moines. They say his death is being investigated as a homicide.
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