A Des Moines neighborhood was rocked by a fatal shooting on the evening of Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2025. Armando Cruz Lorenzo, a 25-year-old Hispanic man, was found at a residence on Maury Street with gunshot wounds after police responded shortly after 5 p.m. Emergency responders were unable to save him and he died at the scene. The 800 block of Maury Street was temporarily closed while detectives began a homicide investigation.

Neighbors reported hearing several pops and at first were unsure whether the sounds were gunfire because of an echo. In the weeks after the killing, investigators named an 18-year-old person of interest, Brayan Lopez, who was also wanted on a separate December 2024 robbery warrant and was described as armed and dangerous. On April 25, 2025, Lopez was taken into custody after a reported stolen pickup led to a high-speed chase and crash; he was arrested on the robbery warrant and new vehicle-related charges, and authorities confirmed he was the previously identified person of interest in Lorenzo’s death. He has not been charged in the homicide and the investigation remains ongoing.

Did anyone in the Maury Street area see or hear anything on February 14 that could help investigators?