Assault at 2900 BLOCK OF E TIFFIN AVE on 04/02/2025 1:32 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 04/02/2025 1:32 PM
Description: Simple Assault. Event #: 1487275. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 2900 BLOCK OF E TIFFIN AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Fredrick WorkmanMissing Age
15Est. Current Age
27Last Seen
Des Moines, IA on 08/02/2013Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5'5" - 5'7" Weight: 145 lbsCase Number
MP25671Area Cold Cases
Name
Virgil UntiedAge
33Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Town marshal virgil untied was shot five times thursday, july 23, 1931, by three assailants in minburn, iowa, who were looting a local grocery store.The 33-year-old marshal — married and a father of three daughters — was summoned to the gootschalk grocery around 3:30 a.M. When the thieves awakened miss lena west, a telephone operator, as they tried breaking into the safe.Untied and two other men located the trio in the shaw grocery store, but the robbers opened fire as the marshal crossed the railroad tracks. While his companions returned fire, untied crawled to the station platform where he collapsed, the the daily iowan reported on friday, july 24, 1931.More than 10 shots were exchanged in the gunfire, with five slugs hitting untied and one of the bullets piercing his eye and lodging in his brain.Agency
Iowa