3 shootings in Des Moines leave 4 dead and 3 injured within 24 hours

A single vehicle crashed into a retaining wall at the southwest corner of the intersection, police said. Emergency responders discovered a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound. Paramedics took him to a local hospital, where he died.

More: Des Moines police investigate third Sunday morning homicide in River Bend

DMPD believes the man was fatally injured in a shooting at a local gas station. Police are investigating a crime scene in the parking lot of an Amoco gas station at 1443 Second Ave. During the preliminary investigation, police determined an injured man was attempting to drive away from the scene when he crashed. The incident remains under investigation by detectives with the Des Moines Police Department.

This is DMPD's third homicide investigation since Sunday, following two unrelated murders in the Court Avenue Entertainment District.

Shooting on Court Avenue leaves two dead and one injured

Two men were killed in a violent altercation around 2 a.m. Sunday near the Court Avenue entertainment district. Authorities are classifying the shooting as a double homicide after a second person involved died of their injuries Sunday afternoon. The 29-year-old and the 34-year-old are responsible for the ninth and eleventh homicides in the city this year. The tenth homicide was recorded Sunday morning in another shooting on University Avenue.