By: Matt Scher, [email protected]
Fort Dodge, IA – A Fort Dodge teen is in custody after a murder earlier this morning.
18-year-old Quanterious Altman of Fort Dodge, has been arrested on the charges of Murder in the First Degree, a Class A Felony, and Harassment in the First Degree, an Aggravated Misdemeanor.
Altman’s arrest stems from an incident at 2:48 a.m. Saturday when the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a call that someone had been shot at the intersection of 10th Ave. S.W. and 10th St. S.W.
Officers arrived in the area and located an unresponsive male laying in the roadway. Officers immediately began giving medical care to the victim. One of the responding officers quickly spotted a vehicle matching the description given by the officers, a few blocks from the crime scene. The officer conducted a high-risk traffic stop on the vehicle and as a result of that traffic stop, two subjects were detained. Medics with the Fort Dodge Fire Department arrived on scene and transported the unresponsive male to Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center, where he was ultimately pronounced deceased.
The male victim has been identified as 18-year-old Adrian Grover of Fort Dodge.
The Fort Dodge Police Department is continuing to look into this incident and encourages anyone who may have information to contact the police department, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
The Fort Dodge Police Department was assisted by the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, the Webster County Attorney’s Office, the Webster County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Fort Dodge Fire Department.