Man shot on Pacific Street

Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon on South Pacific Street.

About 2:40 p.m., officers responded to a call reporting a man was down and appeared to have lost a large amount of blood on the porch of a home in the 500 block of South Pacific Street, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

The man was taken to a hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound to the leg, Hickey said. The man's condition was unknown, but he was conscious, Hickey said.

A little before 4 p.m. Thursday, crime-scene investigators still were processing the scene, he said.

Other officers had gone to the hospital to speak with the victim, Hickey said.

Police do not have a suspect at this time, he said, and the motive in the shooting is unknown.

Since late May, police have investigated at least 11 shootings in or near Cape Girardeau -- many within blocks of Thursday's attack.

Those cases include:

• May 21: A male victim reportedly was shot in the leg on the south side of Cape Girardeau.
• May 22: A woman was shot in the buttocks in the 2800 block of Whitener Street.
• June 4: A man was shot in the abdomen in the 500 block of Olive Street. Tommy Joe Davis III, 29, was charged in connection with that shooting.
• June 5: Two unidentified suspects fired into a man's home in the 1300 block of Village Lane, striking him multiple times and sending him to the hospital with serious injuries that required surgery.
• June 16: A 14-year-old was shot and wounded while walking in an alley in the 1000 block of Bloomfield Street.
• June 20: Joshua Edward Dibert, 34, was shot to death in his car near the intersection of Good Hope Street and Henderson Avenue.
• June 27: A man was in serious condition after being shot in the 1100 block of Cousin Street. Deion Miguel Phillips, 18, was charged in connection with the case.
• June 28: Anthony Hempstead, 26, was shot to death in the 800 block of Jefferson Avenue.
• Aug. 4: Detavian L. Richardson, 20, and Zatrun R. Twiggs, 28, were shot in a car in the 200 block of South Middle Street.

The series of violent outbursts has unnerved neighbors and prompted a joint effort among police, city officials and community leaders to reduce gun violence in the area.

That effort has included meetings; outreach activities by police; a Sept. 20 block party; a march organized by local faith leaders; and the creation of a special phone line people can use to report crime tips to the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

Hickey asked anyone with information about the Thursday shooting to call the department at either its main number, 335-6621, or the anonymous line, 339-6313.

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Pertinent address:

500 block of South Pacific Street, Cape Girardeau, MO