Juvenile injured in Des Moines shooting Thursday

DES MOINES, Iowa — A juvenile was injured in a shooting in Des Moines Thursday afternoon.

At around 4:40 p.m. officers with the Des Moines Police Department responded to the 1100 block of 10th Street on a report of gunfire heard in the area. According to the DMPD, as officers responded to the scene, a Des Moines hospital reported that an individual showed up at the emergency department with a gunshot wound at around the same time the shooting was reported.

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The DMPD said that the victim was a juvenile male and is expected to survive.

Evidence collected so far indicates that the shooting was targeted and that there’s no indication of any ongoing danger to the neighborhood, according to police…

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