Shortly before 4:30 a.m. on May 9, 2022, shots were heard near the 3000 block of Regency Court in North Ames. Police found 38-year-old Scott Thomas Lograsso in the apartment complex parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lograsso, a graduate of Ames High School and Des Moines Area Community College, was a father to his son Maxwell and active in dirt track racing, where he designed, built, and raced his own stock cars. The Ames Police Department canvassed the neighborhood, interviewed potential witnesses and reviewed surveillance footage from about 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., but initial investigative efforts did not produce a suspect.

No arrests have been made and the homicide remains unsolved. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact the Ames Police Department or Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa.