Des Moines police investigating 2 separate homicide scenes

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines are investigating the deaths of two people in separate incidents reported just hours apart. Police say officers were called around 8:15 p.m. Monday to a shooting on East 17th Street, where they found three shooting victims. Police say two of the victims were taken to a hospital with injuries. A third victim, later identified as 40-year-old Frederick McCuller II of Des Moines, was declared dead at the scene. About two hours earlier, police were called to an area along the Des Moines River by someone who reported an unresponsive man lying on the ground. Police say officers found 43-year-old Javier Moncada, of Des Moines, dead and say he had been shot.