Police: Two more shot near South Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau police responded to a shooting Tuesday night on Bloomfield Street near South Hanover Street, said Sgt. Barry Hovis, spokesman for the police department.

Two men, one a teenager, were wounded in Tuesday's incident; Hovis said little else is known.

Police received the call around 10:15 p.m. of gunfire in the area, Hovis said.

A 27-year-old man was shot in the arm and the bullet passed through and entered his side, where it became lodged in his hip, Hovis said.

A 16-year-old also suffered a gunshot wound to the foot, Hovis said. Neither injury was considered life-threatening, and both went by private vehicle or on foot to an area hospital for treatment.

Police retrieved shell casings from the crime scene, but Hovis declined to release the caliber of the firearm.

Police do not know whether the incident was isolated or connected with Sunday's shooting in the 400 block of Hanover Street, during which a bullet struck a man, 27, in the thigh.

Hovis said some of the people involved may be distant relatives, but other than that, police have found nothing concrete linking the two shootings.

One of the people involved does not even appear to be from the area, Hovis said.

Police believe the incident Sunday night was a culmination of a series of altercations that began brewing at a dance held at a rented hall.

The victims have all remained fairly tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding the incidents, Hovis said.

Around 9:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of gunfire in the area of 300 South Hanover Street, about a block away from the other two incidents.

Police are stepping up patrols in the neighborhood until things calm down, Hovis said.

On Sept. 3, a shooting at a residence several blocks away at 132 S. Hanover St. left three teens wounded. No one was arrested in connection with the incident, but police have said it does not look as though the incidents are connected.