By Associated Press - Saturday, October 12, 2019

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - Fort Dodge police have identified a man shot to death in the north-central Iowa city.

The Messenger reports the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday, when police were called to the scene on the west side of the city for reports of a shooting.

Officers and paramedics found the man, later identified as 28-year-old Mohammed Yaqoub of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at a home and were unable to revive him. Police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg says Yaqoub had been shot several times.



Police say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy and are looking for a 19-year-old man in connection to the shooting death

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Information from: The Messenger, http://www.messengernews.net

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