Crime at 1400 BLOCK OF 5TH AVE on 04/06/2025 4:17 PM

Type: Other

Date: 04/06/2025 4:17 PM

Description: ALL OTHER. Event #: 1488558. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data

Address: 1400 BLOCK OF 5TH AVE, Des Moines, IA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Allen

Name

Marc Allen

Missing Age

14

Est. Current Age

53

Last Seen

Des Moines, IA on 03/29/1986

Physical Description

Race: Ethnicity: Gender: Male Hair: Eyes: Height: Weight:

Case Number

1053047

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Smith

Name

Da’Bryan Smith

Age

20

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

Just hours after having thanksgiving dinner with his 1-year-old son, girlfriend, and grandmother, da’bryan smith, 20, of des moines, was struck by gunfire while hanging out with friends in a gas station parking lot. At about 6:50 p.M. On nov. 24, 2016, des moines police responded to git-n-go, 816 e. Euclid ave., where several gunshots had been fired at the group of people standing outside the convenience store, according to a des moines police news release. While investigating the scene, officers learned that smith had been struck by the gunfire and taken by his friends in a private vehicle to broadlawns medical center, where he later died. Sandra smith, of des moines, said she raised da’bryan smith as his adoptive grandmother. In a des moines register article dated nov. 25, 2016, she called him a hard worker, a good person, and a loving father to his 1-year-old son.

Agency

Iowa

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