Two transported to hospital after shots fired

Jacob Wiegand

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Emergency personnel responded around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, to the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. At the scene, Cape Girardeau Police Department officer Richard McCall was only able to confirm that shots were fired and two people were transported to the hospital. Injuries were not known to the Southeast Missourian as of 1:30 a.m. Sunday. McCall said the police department would send out a news release Sunday.

Emergency personnel take a person to an ambulance while responding to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Emergency personnel load a person into an ambulance while responding to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
An ambulance leaves the scene while emergency personnel respond to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A police officer is seen while emergency personnel respond to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Emergency personnel stand near a Jefferson Avenue street sign while responding to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Emergency personnel respond to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A police officer is seen while emergency personnel respond to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Emergency personnel respond to a call where shots had been fired Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, in the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)