DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines police say officers called to an early morning disturbance found a dead man and have taken another man into custody.
Police says a resident called police just before 6 a.m. Wednesday to report hearing a disturbance, adding that someone may have been killed.
Officers rushed to the home just northwest of the city’s downtown and found the dead man in a second-floor apartment. Officers took a man into custody but haven’t filed charges.
Police later identified the dead man as 34-year-old Christopher John Latimer, of Des Moines.
Police say the death is considered suspicious and have begun a homicide investigation.
The death is Des Moines’ second homicide of 2018.
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