On the evening of October 29, 2020, a shooting on Des Moines’ east side ended the life of 21-year-old Alston Troy Edwards, a Black / African American man. The attack occurred near East 14th Street and Walker Street before 7:30 p.m.; when police arrived they found a 29-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her leg, who was treated and released. Edwards was struck in the chest and taken in a private vehicle to a local hospital, where he later died.

Witnesses provided a description of the shooter and, minutes after the shooting at 7:32 p.m., officers located and arrested a man matching that description inside a business in the 1400 block of Des Moines Street. The arrestee, identified as 27-year-old Wesley Bekish, was found in possession of a gun and was charged with first-degree murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

What details about the night or the people involved might help explain how this happened, and can anyone with information contact investigators?