According to a release from the FDPD, law enforcement was called to the 1600 block of 14th Avenue Southwest at 5:16 a.m. for a report that someone had been shot. When officers and deputies arrived, they found an unresponsive male laying on the ground.

Medical aid was given to the male by officers and medics before he was transported to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

As of Friday evening, the investigators with the FDPD and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation were working to determine exactly what happened that led to the man’s death. The man’s name has not been released.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Police Department at 515-573-1424 or contact Webster County Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 515-573-1444 or www.wccrimestoppers.com or by texting “LEC” and the information to CRIMES (274637).

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation's crime scene unit was dispatched to a death investigation in the 1600 block of 14th Avenue Southwest in Fort Dodge on Friday.

The FDPD was assisted by the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Webster County Attorney’s Office, Fort Dodge Fire Department, DCI and the Special Emergency Response Team.

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Crime scene techs with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation confer on scene of an investigation into a shooting death in the 1600 block of 14th Avenue Southwest on Friday afternoon.