4 more teens arrested in killing outside Des Moines school

Mar. 30, 2022 8:28 am, Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 4:52 pm

Police investigate a shooting March 7 outside East High School in Des Moines in which a 15-year-old was killed. Four more teens were arrested this week and charged in the slaying. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/Des Moines Register via AP)

DES MOINES — Des Moines police arrested four more teenagers on charges of murder Tuesday in the March 7 shooting death of a 15-year-old outside a Des Moines high school.

Police arrested the teens about three weeks after arresting six other people in the death of Jose David Lopez and the shooting of two teenage girls who survived. Like those arrested earlier, the additional suspects were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

The shooting happened along the edge of the East High School campus, near downtown Des Moines.

Investigators made the latest arrests after reviewing surveillance videos and interviewing suspects and their acquaintances, police said. The investigation showed six guns were used and police recovered 42 shell casings from the shooting scene and the suspects' vehicles.

The additional people arrested were Gumaro Marquez-Jacobo, 18; Braulio Hernandez-Salas and Daniel Hernandez, both 17; and Kevin Isidro Martinez, 16.

All live in Des Moines.