2 men arrested in Des Moines first homicide of 2021: One is charged with murder; the other charged as an accessory Andrea May Sahouri, Des Moines Register
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Des Moines police have arrested two Des Moines residents in connection with the city s first homicide of 2021.
Columbus Plum Lewis III, 51, is charged with first-degree murder, and Virgil Alva See, 55, is charged with accessory after the fact and first-degree theft.
At about 11:20 p.m. on Feb. 26, Darrell Merriwether, 52, of Clive was found with a gunshot wound in front of Lewis III s home in the 1100 block of 19th Street. He died hours later at a local hospital.
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.