By Associated Press - Tuesday, October 13, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police in Des Moines are investigating a shooting that injured three teenage boys, leaving one of them hospitalized.

The shooting happened after 12 a.m. Tuesday in a residential area several blocks south of Prospect Park, police said. One of the teens was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, according to police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek. The two other teens suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening, Parizek said.

Police had not released the victims’ names by late Tuesday morning and had not announced any arrests. The shooting, police said, was not random.



No other details of what led to the shooting were released.

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