Two men arrested after drive-by shooting

Two Cape Girardeau men were arrested Monday after a drive-by shooting, police reported Tuesday.

No one was injured in the shooting, police reported.

Joshua L. Faulkner Jr., 18, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, both class B felonies.

Damon M. Lee-Mathena, 18, was charged with aiding and abetting a person discharging or shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle, also a class B felony, for driving Faulkner to and from the scene of a shooting, Cape Girardeau police reported.

Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said in an email officers responded to a shots fired call about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of West Rodney Drive.

Damon M. Lee-Mathena

The victim told officers a passenger in a green truck shot toward him with a gun, striking the concrete in front of him, Hickey said.

Based on information from the victim, officers went to the 900 block of Good Hope Street, where they found a firearm and suspected marijuana, Hickey said.

They arrested Faulkner and Lee-Mathena, who were in jail Tuesday on $50,000 bond each.

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Pertinent address:

700 block of West Rodney Drive, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

900 block of Good Hope Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.