Authorities' message for shooting suspect: 'We are going to find him'
Police are searching for a 19-year-old man who shot and killed another man Saturday night.
Updated: 10:47 PM CST Jan 18, 2015
Jason Rantala
KCCI Reporter
WEBVTT Right now at 10! The search for a suspect considered armed and dangerous! Police are looking for 19- year-old Jose Morales. He's wanted in a deadly shooting in Marshalltown. And as police search, friends and family are remembering the victim. KCCI's Jason Rantala has the story. Todd and Laura, Dedrikk Fisher was just 20- years-old when he was shot dead Saturday night. Now his family is left to wonder why it had to end like this. <he was 20 years old he had his whole life ahead of him With candles in hand, 60 or so friends and family came to remember Dedrikk Fisher... At the same place he was shot and killed. < he's just an easy going funny kid laid back made people laugh had a lot of friends> His mom, still in shock. < you know he wasn't perfect but he was a good person he cared about his family he cared about his friends and he liked to help people... he was giving Less than 24 hours ago, Fisher was with some friends, when a dispute started at the 12-hundred block of West Church Street. < "SHOCKED, PAIN, EVERYTHING ELSE Friend Richard Dolan says he saw the suspect Jose Morales shoot Fisher at point blank range... Right on his front step. <I'LL THINK ABOUT HIM EVERYDAY. THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN CHANGE IN THE WORLD."> < he was a really good guy great person lot of friends good person just really good guy all around> < come out with your hands up At 3:00 Sunday, a SWAT team surrounds a home along South 9-th Street. Marshalltown Police say they received a tip that Morales was inside. < upon completion of a search we have not located a suspect> Police continue to search for him. <if mister Morales is watching I want him to know and to be sure that we are going to find him and it's in his best interests just to call, turn himself in ...> < i dont feel any remorse for the other gentleman but i do feel remorse for his family> Meanwhile a community mourns... Over the loss of a friend, and a son, less than one week from his birthday. <i'm just disgusted by him and the whole situation is ... pointless you know, it's just sad> <please lets stop this stuff lets stop this violence Morales is charged with murder in the first degree and going armed with intent. If you have any info on the whereabouts of Jose Morales, you're advised to call Marshalltown Police at 641- 754-5725. Live in the newsroom, Jason Rantala, KCCI 8 News, Iowa's News Leader.