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FIRE MARSHAL AND OSHA ARE INVESTIGATING. DES MOINES POLICE NAMED THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING DURING A WELFARE CHECK LAST WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS SENIOR OFFICER NOAH DEVANEY SHOT AND KILLED 33 YEAR OLD ZACHARY JEFFREY IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HALLWAY. POLICE SAY THEY WERE THERE TO CHECK IN ON MA. TASHA MCKENZY, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE APARTMENT RENTED BY JEFFREY. THEY SAY JEFFREY MCKENZY WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP. MACKENZIE’S DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMICIDE. HER FAMILY SPOKE TO OUR SISTER STATION, KCCI ABOUT HER DEATH. I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHEN IT OCCURS, WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR KID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU SEE A BRUISE OR YOU SEE A BLACK EYE, TELL THEM TO LEAVE THAT SITUATION ALONE. MACKENZIE’S FATHER, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM, SAYS HE’S THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE TO CHECK ON HIS DAUGHTER. WHEN POLIC
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David Ewing, the father of Martasha McKenzie, is coping with the shock of his daughter’s death after she was found dead in her ex-boyfriend’s apartment on Des Moines’s south side this week.Ewing said he is still trying to cope with the loss of his daughter.Police identified McKenzie, 33, and reported that her ex-boyfriend was shot and killed by officers Tuesday night after he attacked them with a knife. Ewing had called police for a welfare check when McKenzie did not answer her phone. Upon entering the apartment, police said the boyfriend attacked Ewing and the officers with a knife.”I seen all the blood when he raised his arm up to jab it. I seen his eyes. He was lost. The man was lost, and he wanted to die. He had cut himself up. That’s where the blood come from,” Ewing said.More Coverage: Des Moines police identify officer involved in fatal shooting of armed man during welfare checkEwing explained that his daughter and her boyfriend had a history of domestic violence.He believes the boyfriend killed McKenzie, realized what he had done, and wanted to die.”He was trying to kill himself. I think he wanted to. I think he killed my daughter and regretted it,” Ewing said.Ewing was present in the hallway during the attack and said police had no choice but to shoot.”The officer was defending his life. I seen him, he kept on attacking him, kept on trying to sticking after getting shot four or five times. He kept on trying to try to stick him. So it wasn’t, like, an overkill. It was like, this man was full of adrenaline and trying to off himself. So, would the officer, whoever he is. I mean, he’s never going to forget that,” Ewing said.Despite the tragedy, Ewing said his daughter would want him to forgive her ex-boyfriend.”I can. I can forgive him. I can say I hate him, but what is this going to do?” Ewing said.Ewing is setting up a GoFundMe account to help raise McKenzie’s six children, one of whom is the child of her ex-boyfriend.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
David Ewing, the father of Martasha McKenzie, is coping with the shock of his daughter’s death after she was found dead in her ex-boyfriend’s apartment on Des Moines’s south side this week.
Ewing said he is still trying to cope with the loss of his daughter.
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Police identified McKenzie, 33, and reported that her ex-boyfriend was shot and killed by officers Tuesday night after he attacked them with a knife.
Ewing had called police for a welfare check when McKenzie did not answer her phone. Upon entering the apartment, police said the boyfriend attacked Ewing and the officers with a knife.
“I seen all the blood when he raised his arm up to jab it. I seen his eyes. He was lost. The man was lost, and he wanted to die. He had cut himself up. That’s where the blood come from,” Ewing said.
More Coverage: Des Moines police identify officer involved in fatal shooting of armed man during welfare check
Ewing explained that his daughter and her boyfriend had a history of domestic violence.
He believes the boyfriend killed McKenzie, realized what he had done, and wanted to die.
“He was trying to kill himself. I think he wanted to. I think he killed my daughter and regretted it,” Ewing said.
Ewing was present in the hallway during the attack and said police had no choice but to shoot.
“The officer was defending his life. I seen him, he kept on attacking him, kept on trying to sticking after getting shot four or five times. He kept on trying to try to stick him. So it wasn’t, like, an overkill. It was like, this man was full of adrenaline and trying to off himself. So, would the officer, whoever he is. I mean, he’s never going to forget that,” Ewing said.
Despite the tragedy, Ewing said his daughter would want him to forgive her ex-boyfriend.
“I can. I can forgive him. I can say I hate him, but what is this going to do?” Ewing said.
Ewing is setting up a GoFundMe account to help raise McKenzie’s six children, one of whom is the child of her ex-boyfriend.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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