Klinge. It certainly doesnt feel like october but we are not complaining about that. Metinka it is comfortable, we have strong southwind continuing and that has been keeping temperatures warm at 62 degrees. Theres some cloudiness and no rain in central iowa yet. Still across northwest missouri nearing bedford toward the mount ayr area. Youll probably catch sprinkles in lamoni but it will probably take a while to reach you. Showers possible into wednesday but only light totals are expected. A cooling trend continues toward the weekend and our best chance to see widespread rain arrives on friday into saturday. Eric big stories today in central iowa. Des Moines Police chief dana wingert is expected to release more information today, explaining why the department cleared Senior Police officer Vanessa Miller after she shot an unarmed man in june. Kcci was the first to bring you the breaking news last night. An internal Police Investigation determined officer miller did not violate policy wh
Our flashback to summer temperatures continues. Were starting off really warm out there. Metinka it is 64 degrees. Feeling great. 61 in ames. We have a nice day coming in from the south. We are watching this complex of thundershowers just north of kansas city and moving northeast. It looks like if it holds together, it will be affecting the lamoni area and a couple of hours. We have a few spotty showers developing but it is not enough to get rainfall on everybodys rain gauge today. A better chance for more widespread soaking rain arise arrives on friday. Eric big stories today in central Iowa Des Moines Police chief dana wingert is expected to release more information today explaining why the department cleared Senior Police officer Vanessa Miller after she shot an unarmed man in june. Kcci was the first to bring you the breaking news last night. Determined officer miller did not violate policy when she shot , 28yearold Ryan Bolinger. Officials tell us officer miller shot bolinger june
Im elizabeth klinge. Eric im eric hanson. Transition days. All week long. 61 degrees in des moines, no rain or fog to slow you down this afternoon this morning. This afternoon, we could have some thunderstorms with the primary threat eating heavy wind and hail. If we get a little bit of sunshine, our highs could go into the 70s. Tomorrow, back to reality with highs in the 50s. Eric big stories in central iowa this morning, five people are facing prostitution charges after a Human Trafficking sting in osceola. Investigators conducted operation trojan horse at an osceola motel tuesday over a 14hour period. Weve learned four of those people arrested for prostitution are from des moines and West Des Moines. Police chief Martin Duffus says this started when officers spotted local ads for sex acts craigslist and backpage. Com. Investigators then created their own ads which drew solicitors from the metro to small town osceola. We are well situated in highvolume traffic areas. I35 runs between
54 degrees behind temperature but a beautiful fall afternoon. Overnight, there may be a stray shower in southern iowa. Tomorrow, highs into the low50s and back close to 60 rain on wednesday. Eric well start this morning with new information from a shooting last night in des moines. Police say one person was shot at 3107 cambridge street, right across from findley elementary. The suspect ran from the scene shortly after the shooting. And theres no word if police have made any arrests at this point. The victim was shot in the arm and is expected to be ok. This incident is one of nearly 900 shots fired calls in to the Des Moines Police so far this year. Thats up from last years total of 848. And the years not over yet. But police say calls for service arent true indicators of crime rates. Police tell us they do use the calls to determine which neighborhoods need extra enforcement, especially during the summer months. We did hear Police Respond to another shots fired call overnight at 1217
A light those numbers outside. A light breeze, warming up to the 50s by this afternoon. We hasnt changes coming next week. Alyx two that breaking nose News Des Moines Police are , investigating another homicide this morning. Friday night around 10 30, officers responded to the intersection of 13th street and jefferson avenue. When they arrived they found an adult male victim, deceased as a result of apparent gunshot injury. Police are currently interviewing witnesses, and a suspect description is being developed. Authorities hope to release more information later on today. You can count on kcci on air and online to bring you the latest on all of our breaking news. Taking a look at some more big stories this morning, Downtown Des Moines is expanding south, and rapidly. The latest evidence, two new restaurants opening south of mlk next week. Guru bbq and fuzzys taco shop both open monday in the latest century old building to be the Downtown Community Alliance Lists 441 Housing Units now