On the evening of December 10, 2022, 35-year-old Tyrone Livon Hutchins of Des Moines was fatally shot outside Rico’s bar at 2314 University Avenue, near Drake University. Officers and rescue personnel arrived about 5:46 p.m. and found Hutchins on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound; he died after life-saving efforts at the scene and continued intervention at a local hospital. A 29-year-old woman suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital by a private vehicle.

Detectives processed a large crime scene spanning the bar interior and the exterior sidewalk and recovered two handguns. Evidence developed over the investigation led to two brothers living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Charges were filed in February 2024 against 35-year-old James Mikale Wiggins and his 38-year-old brother Marcell Navell Wiggins; prosecutors say both were armed and went to the bar to confront Hutchins, and that James shot Hutchins as he attempted to leave. James was extradited to Des Moines for trial; a warrant was later issued for Marcell after he failed to appear for a plea hearing.

If anyone was at Rico’s that evening or has information about the confrontation inside the bar, please come forward.