Arrest at 1700 BLOCK OF 6TH AVE on 12/05/2025 9:23 PM
Type: Arrest
Date: 12/05/2025 9:23 PM
Description: Drug/Narc Equipment Violations. Event #: 1563021. Agency: IA0770300 - Des Moines Police Department. Disclaimer: This address provided is approximate based on calls for service data
Address: 1700 BLOCK OF 6TH AVE, Des Moines, IA
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Name
Rafael RobinsonAge
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ShootingInfo
On july 31, 1996, rafael robinson was shot in the back multiple times outside a public housing complex at 926 oakridge in des moines, iowa. Gunshots from more than one weapon were heard, but no one admitted witnessing the shooting.Robinson has become a centerpiece in the upcoming july 8, 2013 second trial for david flores, who was convicted in 1997 for the 1996 death of phyllis davis, a banker who was caught in a two-car shootout between two other vehicles while on her way home from work. The fatal shot killing davis was said to have been fired from a chevy blazer.Rood wrote that an unlikely witness had also stepped forward to add credibility that robinson was the real shooter.Agency
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