John Lee Belcher, 45, was shot and killed inside a Des Moines residence at 1930 Francis Avenue on August 31, 2019. Police and rescue personnel arrived about 3:46 p.m. and found Belcher with at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives identified a suspect and arrested 47-year-old Des Moines resident Stanley Paul Wofford. Wofford was charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Polk County Jail. Authorities did not immediately release a motive.

Belcher’s death was reported as the city’s 10th homicide of 2019; friends and family remembered him as humble and a good friend. Did anyone in Des Moines around Francis Avenue on August 31, 2019, see or hear anything that could help this case?