On the late evening of April 11, 2017, Antonio Quinn, a 36-year-old Black man from Des Moines, Iowa, was found in the driver’s seat of his vehicle in the 4000 block of Fagen Drive with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, arm, and neck. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene; another occupant, Quinn’s cousin Michael James Jr., was shot in the arm and survived.

Investigators say the shooting happened during what was presented as a drug transaction but was actually a setup for a robbery. Authorities identified Larry Deandre Ratliff Jr. and Molly Peter as the suspects. Court records state Peter drove Ratliff to the parking lot, and Ratliff, armed with an AK-47–type semiautomatic rifle, approached Quinn’s vehicle, an altercation followed, and Ratliff fired multiple shots. Ratliff and Peter then fled the scene.

Both were later arrested and charged; Ratliff was convicted of first-degree murder and the attempted murder of Michael James Jr. and sentenced to life in January 2018. Peter faced charges including first-degree murder, robbery, and attempted murder. Does anyone have additional details about the meeting that led to this ambush or knew Antonio’s movements that evening?