Joshua Sebastian Gabriel was 21 when he was shot in Des Moines in the early hours of September 17, 2020. Officers responded just after midnight to the Hickman Flats apartments in the 2400 block of Hickman Road, where bystanders were attempting to render aid after a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and died a short time later; the incident was classified as a homicide and counted as the city’s 19th for 2020.

The Des Moines Police Department identified and arrested two juvenile males from Des Moines, ages 14 and 15. Both were charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Joshua, born November 23, 1998, is survived by his parents, five sisters, and a large extended family; family remembered him as humorous, compassionate, and full of life.

Does anyone who lived near Hickman Flats in September 2020 have information about that night or saw anything that could help clarify what happened?