By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 7, 2014

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police are investigating a shooting at an apartment building in Des Moines that injured a woman.

The Des Moines Police Communications Center received a report shortly after midnight Wednesday about a shooting north of the city’s downtown area. Authorities found 19-year-old Ameisha Heard with a gunshot wound to the head.

Heard was taken to a nearby hospital, where she is listed in critical condition.



No arrests have been made in the case, which remains under investigation.

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