Adrian De’Prie Grover, an 18-year-old Black man from Fort Dodge, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of May 13, 2023, in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood. Officers located Grover unresponsive in the roadway near 10th Avenue Southwest and 10th Street Southwest after a 2:48 a.m. report; he was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. Court records state he was shot in the chest with a handgun at about 2:45 a.m.

Grover had graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 2022 and completed a welding program at Iowa Central Community College. Police quickly located a vehicle linked to the shooting a few blocks away and detained two people. Quanterious Leadeal Altman, another Fort Dodge teenager, was arrested and initially charged with first-degree murder and related counts. He later pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to consecutive prison terms totaling 35 years. The family remembered Grover as loving and ambitious; his funeral was held May 26, 2023.

Did anyone in Fort Dodge know Adrian or have information about that night?