Police: 1 charged with murder, 1 with accessory after the fact in first Des Moines homicide of 2021

Two suspects have been arrested in Des Moines' first homicide of 2021. Des Moines police were called to investigate a shooting around 11:20 p.m. on Friday. It happened in the 1100 block of 19th Street. When emergency crews got to the scene, they found 52-year-old Darrell Merriwether of Clive with a gunshot wound. Des Moines Fire Department medics took Merriwether to MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center where he died a few hours later. Two men have been charged in connection to his killing, police announced Wednesday: —51-year-old Columbus Lewis III of Des Moines has been charged with Murder in the First Degree —55-year-old Virgil See has been charged with Accessory After the Fact and Theft in the First Degree Full story: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/new... Subscribe to Local 5 on YouTube:    / weareiowalocal5news   Download the We Are Iowa app: https://weareiowa.com/app Get Local 5’s "5 Things to Know" newsletter in your inbox: https://weareiowa.com/email 'Like' Local 5 on Facebook:   / weareiowa   Follow Local 5 on Twitter:   / weareiowa5news   Follow Local 5 on Instagram:   / weareiowa