Des Moines police arrest 2 in man s shooting death
March 3, 2021
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Two Des Moines men were arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of a Clive man last week.
Columbus Plum Lewis, 51, of Des Moines, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Darrell Merriweather, of Clive, on Friday. Merriweather died on Saturday, becoming Des Moines first homicide victim of 2021.
Virgil Alva See, 55, of Des Moines, was charged with first-degree theft and accessory after the fact.
Investigators determined that Lewis was at the scene when Merriweather was shot and fled before help arrived. Lewis was arrested Sunday on several unrelated warrants.