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WEBVTT <"SAID WHAT HAPPENED? I CALL 911. WHATHAPPENED? SOMEBODY KILLED MYDAD, HE SAID."> Mohammed Mahmud recalls the chilling moment Whenone of Stephen Kim's sons knocked on his door Fridaynight, crying and asking forhelp - just moments after his father was shot.<"SAYSROBBERS JUST CAME TO HISAPARTMENT WITH A GUN. CHILD SAIDHIS MOM IS STILL IN THE APARTMENT, SOMETHING ABOUT HISTWO BROTHERS SLEEPING IN THE CARAND SAID HIS DAD WAS DEAD IN THECAR"> Mahmud dialed 911 and whenpolice arrived to this alley at University TerraceApartments...but it was too late. <"GOT A MALEDOWN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT"> <"HE DID WHAT ANY PARENT WOULD DO INSTINCTIVELY TRYING TO PROTECT HIS CHILDREN, THEY ESSENTIALLYEXECUTED HIM IN FRONT OF HISKIDS"> Kim's wife carpools to and from work - from this apartment complex - Kim and his three kids were waiting in thecar for her to return.<"HE HADABSOLUTELY REALLY NO CONNECTION TO THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX"> Whenpolice say at least 4 peoplewalked up to Kim's car - in whatthey say was a robbery attemptgone bad, and a senseless act ofviolence. Others who live heresay it breaks their heart tohear kids were in the car at thetime. <"I JUSTLEARNED RIGHT NOW THAT THE KIDS WERE IN THE CAR AND THAT'S EVEN MORE TRAUMATIZING"> And police hope to find a suspect soon<"YOU REALLYWANT TO FIRE US UP, YOU DOSOMETHING TO SOMEONE IN FRONT OFTHEIR KIDS, AND BRING THAT KIND OF TRAUMA ON THOSE POOR CHILDREN, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO

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Police say a man died after being shot near a Des Moines apartment complex Friday night. Officers with the Des Moines Police Department were sent to a parking lot in the 3500 block of University Avenue on reports of a shooting around 10:30 p.m. When police arrived at University Terrace Apartments, they found Stephen Pausuan Kim, 41, of Des Moines, with a gunshot wound. Officers performed CPR on Kim before he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. Police said Kim was in the car with his three children, all of whom are under 9, when a robbery attempt turned fatal. Kim was killed in the parking lot in what Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek called an “act of senseless violence.”Mohammed Mahmud recalled the chilling moment when one of Kim's sons knocked on his door, crying and asking for help just after his father was shot. "'Somebody killed my dad,' he said," Mahmud said. Parizek said Mahmud did what any parent would do in that terrifying instance. "Instinctively trying to protect his children, they essentially executed (Kim) in front of his kids," Parizek said. Police said Kim's wife carpools to and from work from the apartment complex near Drake University, though Kim had no connection with the apartment. "You really want to fire us up, you do something to someone in front of their kids and bring that kind of trauma on those poor children," Parizek said. "And we're not going to rest until we find them." Authorities said four people were involved in the shooting, though no suspects were in custody as of Saturday evening. The fatal shooting was the city's 11th homicide of the year.Police are reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses for more information. If anyone has information, they are asked to call the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811 or Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa at 515-223-1400. Check back with KCCI-TV, kcci.com or our mobile app for more on this developing story.