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Police: Shooting that killed 2 at youth program was targeted

This booking photo provided by the Polk County, Iowa, Jail shows Preston Walls of Des Moines, Iowa. Walls, the 18-year-old who police say was involved in an ongoing gang dispute, walked into the common area of an alternative education program for at-risk students on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, and fatally shot two teenagers in a premeditated attack, according to a charging document released Tuesday, Jan. 24. Walls was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of criminal gang participation. (Polk County Jail via AP) A law enforcement officer walks outside the Starts Right Here building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Police say two students were killed and a teacher was injured in a shooting at the Des Moines school on the edge of the city's downtown. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Des Moines Police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek speaks outside the Starts Right Here building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Police say two students were killed and a teacher was injured in a shooting at the Des Moines school on the edge of the city's downtown. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) A law enforcement officer exits the Starts Right Here building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Police say two students were killed and a teacher was injured in a shooting at the Des Moines school on the edge of the city's downtown. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Police: Shooting that killed 2 at youth program was targeted