In the early hours of May 23, 2017, a domestic disturbance call sent West Des Moines police to an apartment complex at 3405 Woodland Avenue. Officers found 18-year-old David Hysion Jones of Des Moines in the parking lot with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital for treatment and survived.

Investigators say Jones had gained entry to an apartment rented by 21-year-old Gerante Rankin and 20-year-old Tionna Merritt, where an altercation led to gunfire that struck Jones. Detectives interviewed multiple people about the relationships among those involved and the events that led to the confrontation. At the time, no charges were filed against Rankin or Merritt.

Little else is publicly detailed about Jones’s injuries or the investigation from that night. If anyone witnessed the parking lot or the apartment building around Woodland Avenue on May 23, 2017, information could still be valuable.