{"id":117016,"date":"2026-05-27T01:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117016"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:28:16","slug":"117016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117016","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/des-moines-investigate-shooting-near-pappajohn-sculpture-park\/71391285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teenager hospitalized in downtown Des Moines shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014<br \/>\nA teenager is in critical condition after a shooting near the Pappajohn Sculpture Park late Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the area of 14th Street and Grand Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Friday after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunfire and said a person was down.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found a 17-year-old suffering from gunshot wounds on 14th Street just north of Grand Avenue, according to a news release from the Des Moines Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers began lifesaving measures, including CPR, before Des Moines Fire Department EMS crews arrived and transported the victim to UnityPoint Health \u2013 Methodist Medical Center. Police said the male remains hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the 17-year-old was part of a group of people that committed an armed robbery of a 22-year-old man who was parked in his car. Investigators say the 17-year-old stole a handgun from the 22-year-old. The 22-year-old then grabbed a second handgun and shots were fired back and forth, which is when the 17-year-old was shot.<\/p>\n<p>Officers detained the 22-year-old shooter, but later released him without criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not yet released the identities of those involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenager hospitalized in downtown Des Moines shooting DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 A teenager is in critical condition after a shooting near the Pappajohn Sculpture Park late Friday night. Police were called to the area of 14th Street and Grand Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Friday after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunfire and said a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117016\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117017,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117016\/revisions\/117017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}