Anthony Wayne Hartmann, 49, was shot and killed on May 8, 2017, in Des Moines. Police were called just after 1 p.m. to a house at 7208 Southwest 17th Street after Hartmann had gone there to collect some belongings. According to the initial account, his 29-year-old stepdaughter, Sera Alexander, confronted him in the basement after retrieving a handgun from upstairs and shot him multiple times. Officers say she surrendered without incident and left the firearm as instructed; several other people who had been inside the residence cooperated with police.

Investigators reported evidence indicating Hartmann was not posing a threat at the moment he was shot. Court records and prior calls to the address were part of the subsequent investigation; neighbors recalled past fights and police noted recent calls had been medical in nature. A no-contact order from late 2016 for an incident in which Hartmann grabbed his wife by the hair and shoved her head against a car window had been lifted days before the killing.

Alexander was arrested at the scene and initially booked on a first-degree murder charge. The case later proceeded through plea negotiations that resulted in a conviction and prison sentence. Does anyone have additional information about Hartmann’s life, the household dynamic at that address, or witnesses who were present that day?