AP Iowa

2nd arrest made in 2020 shooting death of Des Moines woman

Published February 23, 2022 7:31 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have announced a second arrest in the 2020 shooting death of a Des Moines woman. Police said in a news release that 31-year-old Derrick Glenn Smith Jr. was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in the killing of 33-year-old Catherine Bobbitt. Police believe Smith shot Bobbitt on April 3, 2020, as she drove a vehicle just blocks southwest of the Drake University campus. Police say Smith was arrested after being released from a hospital where he was treated for wounds from a Sunday shooting in downtown Des Moines. Another suspect, Antonio Markez Hodges, was also charged last year with murder in Bobbitt’s death. He faces trial in June.

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