Linh Ta

lta@dmreg.com

Des Moines police have released the identities of two men involved in a fatal Beaverdale shooting.

Antonio Eugene Quinn, 36, of Des Moines, was killed and Michael Allen James Jr., 33, of Des Moines, was injured during the shooting in the Beaverdale area Tuesday night.

Around 9:20 p.m., Des Moines police received a report of a shooting in a parking lot in the 2800 block of Beaver Avenue, Sgt. Paul Parizek, Des Moines police spokesman, said Tuesday. The lot is between Saints Pub + Patio and First American Bank. He said there was no connection between the shooting and the bar.

There was a pre-arranged meeting in the parking lot, Parizek said. One car was in the area when a second vehicle showed up. It appears Quinn and James arrived at the parking lot together, and no one else was with them, Parizek said. A fight occurred and the second vehicle drove off.

Quinn was shot in the chest and James was shot in the arm, according to a Wednesday morning news release. Both were transported to the hospital, where Quinn later died. According to Wednesday's release, James has been released from the hospital.

Parizek said Tuesday that the public is not in danger. "There’s somebody out there that just killed someone that’s running loose, but our guys are out there," he said.

Because the shooting occurred near the bank, Parizek said Tuesday that there is likely valuable security video footage police will be able to gather Wednesday morning.

Several residents called police after hearing shots fired. Witnesses were brought to the police station for interviews.

Parizek declined to say how many gunshots were fired.

Parizek said the parking lot was well lit and nothing stuck out to him that would invite a crime there. Parizek said this is Des Moines' 10th homicide this year.

On Jan. 22, Des Moines police were called to the same area in the Beaverdale neighborhood following a shooting.

Oscar Marco Gipson, 39, was booked into Polk County Jail at 3:36 p.m. on Feb. 26, on charges of going armed with intent, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance and five counts of second-degree criminal mischief, jail records show.

Gipson was suspected of firing numerous gunshots at about 12:42 a.m. in a parking lot at Beaver and Urbandale avenues. Police said the shooting appeared to be prompted by an argument between Gipson and a girlfriend at a bar in the area.

The gunfire struck Saints Pub and Patio, with at least three rifle rounds entering the business and damaging property inside, police said. Gipson, armed with what was possibly an AK-47, reportedly fired gunshots across Urbandale Avenue from the parking lot south of Saints.

Register reporter Charly Haley contributed to this report.