DES MOINES, Iowa — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the Lumberyard shooting that left one dead on Saturday.
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Polk County deputies were called to the Lumberyard, located at 1504 NE 54th Avenue, on reports of shots fired around 3:41 a.m. Saturday morning. Crews arrived and located a deceased adult male in the parking lot.
Authorities opened an investigation and began interviewing witnesses. Just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, the Polk County SO announced that 30-year-old Derico Darrell Lowery had been arrested. Lowery was taken to the Polk County Jail and has been charged with Murder in the First Degree and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
On Sunday, the Polk County SO shared that the victim of the shooting was 28-year-old De’Tavion Marques Levi of Des Moines, Iowa…