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Police investigate death of woman in West Des Moines

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April 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in West Des Moines are investigating the death of a woman. Police were called late Friday night to an area west of Interstate 35 near a busy retail district for reports of a woman lying in the road. Police say as officers were en route to the area, other reports of gunshots from the same area were reported. Arriving officers found the woman, who was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died. Station KCCI reports that police have identified the woman as 18-year-old Sakira Kezia Tamara Bonner, of Des Moines.

Her cause of death has not been released, but police are calling her death a homicide. No arrests have been reported.