DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department says a man is in custody after allegedly trying to run down pedestrians, ramming a police car, and crashing into an East Village hotel Wednesday morning.
The incident began just after 6:30 a.m., when multiple 911 calls came in about a person in the 600 block of Robert D Ray Drive who was attempting to assault pedestrians, said Des Moines Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul Parizek.
One of the first calls said the person was chasing the pedestrians on foot, and later calls said he was in a car, driving on the sidewalk, and trying to run pedestrians over…