DES MOINES, Iowa — A homicide investigation is underway in Des Moines’ River Bend neighborhood.

Officers with the Des Moines Police Department were called to an apartment at 513 Forest Avenue Thursday night around 8:23 on a report of a deceased person, according to department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek. When they arrived, officers found a 65-year-old man who was dead, and evidence of traumatic injury was observed.

The name of the victim has not been released.

Sgt. Parizek said this was the city’s 15th homicide of 2024.