NewsSeptember 27, 2006
Shooting reported Wednesday afternoon in Cape Girardeau
The Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to a report of gunshots being fired late Wednesday afternoon near the corner of Good Hope Boulevard and Hanover Street. Eyewitness accounts say between two to three shots were fired. Police said a 28-year-old victim was taken by private vehicle, a late-model silver Chevrolet Impala, to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. The identity of the victim is not being released at this time, but police said he is a male, not from Cape Girardeau. No suspects have been identified yet, police said. For more details see Thursday's Southeast Missourian.
A second gunshot victim has been reported by local authorities. The 22-year-old may have been injured in the same shooting which injured a 28-year-old man in the 300 block of South Hanover Street. Police are investigating the connection between the two victims.
Cape Girardeau police responded to a report of gunshots being fired late Wednesday afternoon near the corner of Good Hope Boulevard and Hanover Street. Eyewitness accounts say between two to three shots were fired.
The identities of the victims were not released.
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Local authorities have cordoned off a house on South Hanover Street as the possible scene of the crime and are currently searching the scene for evidence.
No suspects have been identified yet, police said.
For more details see Thursday's Southeast Missourian.
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