Police have identified the man killed in an early morning shooting inside his home after a verbal altercation with a person he lives with.

Des Moines police said Gilberto Rios Martinez, 26, was found dead shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, inside a residence in the 600 block of East Hackley Avenue on the south side. Police said they initially believed the injury may have been self-inflicted, but evidence later showed it was not.

His housemate, Michael Edward Reagan , 25, is charged with voluntary manslaughter.

According to a criminal complaint, Reagan allegedly admitted to shooting and killing Martinez during a verbal argument in the dining room of their shared home. He told investigators he fired two to three shots, all of which struck Martinez, before leaving the residence a

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