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Shooting Victim Found in Des Moines Church Parking Lot

Shooting Victim Found in Des Moines Church Parking Lot

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Des Moines police are investigating after a man was found dead in a church parking lot early Sunday.

Police say the dead man was found in the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church around 2:30 a.m. with a 27-year-old man who was wounded in a shooting.

Police say that at least two other people injured by gunfire in the city overnight, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many different shootings occurred.

The man who died was identified as 19-year-old Ruot Gach of Carroll, Iowa.

Zion Lutheran officials planned to hold their regularly scheduled worship services Sunday.

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