Private investigator shot in Des Moines' Prospect Park
Mackenzie Ryan
mryan@dmreg.com
A 40 year-old man who said he was working as a private investigator was shot Friday evening after he told police he attempted to break up a fight in Prospect Park.
The Ankeny man told Des Moines Police that he was tailing an individual that evening, and followed him into the park. Once he arrived, he saw a fight break out.
According to a police report, he said he then got out of his car to break up the fight, when one of the them took out a gun and pointed it at him.
The victim grabbed for the gun and attempted to wrestle it away from the man, and a shot was fired, hitting the private investigator in his abdomen, he said.
He told police he then returned to his car and drove away to contact authorities. Police and paramedics responded to 2nd and Franklin Avenues just before 6 p.m., and transported him to Mercy Hospital.
Police are continuing to investigate.