Sayvon Andre Propps was 30 when he was killed during a hotel shooting at the Ramada Inn on Army Post Road in Des Moines in the early hours of April 10, 2024. Police were called about 4:30 a.m. and found Propps dead in the hotel; another man suffered critical injuries.

Investigators identified 32-year-old Joshua Ryan Carmody as the suspect. Video from the hotel shows Carmody kicking in the door at 4:25 a.m.; seven seconds after he entered, Propps is seen staggering out and collapsing in the hallway. Testimony indicated Carmody had gone to the room where his former girlfriend, Danielle Looney, was with Propps and that Looney received angry messages from Carmody the day before. The shooting sequence described at trial says Propps fired as Carmody charged, striking Carmody 11 times, and Carmody then returned fire, killing Propps.

A Polk County jury found Joshua Ryan Carmody guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and being a felon in possession of a firearm; he was sentenced to life without parole. If anyone knew Sayvon Propps or was at the hotel that night, please share what was seen or heard.