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Judi Lynn

(160,631 posts) Sat Aug 13, 2016, 11:25 PM Aug 2016

5 wounded in Joplin shootings; police say apparently random

Source: Associated Press

5 wounded in Joplin shootings; police say apparently random

No motive for shootings, police say

Published 2:01 PM CDT Aug 13, 2016

Police said there is no apparent motive for the shootings, which happened early in the morning, the Joplin Globe reported.

Officers were first called to a duplex about a possible shooting early Saturday and found no victims.

Police then tried to stop a vehicle, the driver of which fired shots at a church van that was stopped at a traffic light. Three adults in the van were injured, and two are hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening.

The suspect is also accused of shooting at a pickup truck and injuring two adults. The driver is hospitalized, the passenger was released.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/5-wounded-in-joplin-shootings-police-say-apparently-random/41189278

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Sun Aug 14, 2016, 05:55 PM

Aug 2016

Missouri man charged with shooting at vehicles, wounding 6

Updated 4:00 pm, Sunday, August 14, 2016

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man is charged in two counties after shootings that wounded six people and two dogs in what police believe were random attacks.

Tom S. Mourning II, 26, of Joplin, was charged Saturday in Jasper and Newton counties with multiple counts of armed criminal action, first-degree felony assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was being held Sunday in lieu of $1 million bond in Jasper County and $300,000 bond in Newton County.

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The van was on its way to St. Louis for a meeting about the church's comfort dog ministry, the Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/2bfMciv ) reported.

The driver of the van, Kenneth Eby, was shot in the lung and was in critical condition Saturday night at an area hospital. Joplin police spokesman Capt. Bob Higginbotham said Sunday he would have been notified if Eby's condition had gotten worse, but he hadn't.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Missouri-man-charged-with-shooting-at-vehicles-9141915.php

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