Assault at PALMER BUILDING on 01/02/2026 10:00 AM
Type: Assault
Date: 01/02/2026 10:00 AM
Description: Harassment
Address: PALMER BUILDING, Ames, IA
Case Number: 26-000010
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Stephen kim, a 41-year-old burmese-american immigrant, was fatally shot in front of his three young children during an attempted robbery near 3523 university ave. In des moines’ drake neighborhood on friday, april 21, 2017, shortly before 10:30 p.M.Kim had parked his car in the university terrace apartments parking lot while waiting for his wife, ester kim, who was carpooling to meet him after work. The couple’s three sons, all under age 9, sat in the vehicle’s back seat when four men approached and attempted to rob kim.Des moines police officers arrived on scene and kim was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.Agency
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