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NewsDecember 3, 2007

The Jackson shooting that left two dead - including a young girl and the suspected adult male shooter - and injured three others Monday night is among the worst in recent history in Southeast Missouri. In 1992, then 38-year-old Andrew Lyons of Cape Girardeau, was convicted of killing his infant son, girlfriend and the girlfriend's mother...

Southeast Missourian

Monday night's shooting in Jackson that left two dead - including a young girl and the suspected adult male shooter - and injured three others is among the worst in recent history in Southeast Missouri.

History

In 1992, then 38-year-old Andrew Lyons of Cape Girardeau, was convicted of killing his infant son, girlfriend and the girlfriend's mother.

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In that same year, Gary Lee Roll and two others were charged with killing Sherry Scheper and her sons, 17-year-old Randy and 22-year-old Curtis, in their Cape Girardeau home.

Rolls was convicted and executed in 2000.

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