Police say a Des Moines man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Beaverdale.Police said Friday that 26-year-old Larry Deandre Ratliff Jr. is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery and felon in possession of a firearm.The shooting occurred Tuesday night in a vacant parking lot near Saints Pub and Patio at 4041 Urbandale Ave.Police said Antonio Eugene Quinn, 36, of Des Moines was killed in the shooting.Michael Allen James, Jr., a 33-year-old Des Moines resident, was treated and released from a hospital.Police said the shooting might have stemmed from a prearranged meeting the two victims had planned to conduct business. The incident marks the city’s 10th homicide this year.Authorities said the person of interest, Anthony Daniels, is still at large and detectives would like to interview him.Anyone with any information regarding his location is asked to call the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811, or Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa at 515-223-1400. You may also submit an anonymous tip online at www.crimestoppersofcentraliowa.com.The Beaverdale shooting is not Ratliff's first run in with the law.When Ratliff was 18, he was charged with carrying a weapon and intimidation with a dangerous weapon after he fired several shots at a car as it pulled out of the parking lot of the Swift Stop on West Lincoln Way in Ames. according to court documents.A jury found Ratliff guilty on both counts and he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the first count and two years on the second.

Police say a Des Moines man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Beaverdale.

Police said Friday that 26-year-old Larry Deandre Ratliff Jr. is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery and felon in possession of a firearm.

The shooting occurred Tuesday night in a vacant parking lot near Saints Pub and Patio at 4041 Urbandale Ave.


Police said Antonio Eugene Quinn, 36, of Des Moines was killed in the shooting.

Michael Allen James, Jr., a 33-year-old Des Moines resident, was treated and released from a hospital.

Police said the shooting might have stemmed from a prearranged meeting the two victims had planned to conduct business. The incident marks the city’s 10th homicide this year.

Authorities said the person of interest, Anthony Daniels, is still at large and detectives would like to interview him.

Anyone with any information regarding his location is asked to call the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811, or Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa at 515-223-1400. You may also submit an anonymous tip online at www.crimestoppersofcentraliowa.com.

The Beaverdale shooting is not Ratliff's first run in with the law.



When Ratliff was 18, he was charged with carrying a weapon and intimidation with a dangerous weapon after he fired several shots at a car as it pulled out of the parking lot of the Swift Stop on West Lincoln Way in Ames. according to court documents.

A jury found Ratliff guilty on both counts and he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on the first count and two years on the second.