Victim in Hardee's shooting dies from wounds; supsect in custody

A man died after shots were fired Wednesday following an altercation inside Hardee�s restaurant at 2115 William St. in Cape Girardeau, police said.

Another man was taken into custody, said Cape Girardeau Police Department public-information officer Rick Schmidt.

Neither person was an employee of Hardee�s or had any association with the fast-food restaurant, Schmidt said.

The incident was reported at 10:39 a.m. �We received a call that there had been a shooting,� he said.

According to Schmidt, �everything� took place inside the building and Hardee�s employees were unharmed.

The victim was transported by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center for �upper torso� gunshot wounds, Schmidt said.

�I can tell you that it was not an active shooter event; that�s what everybody wants to know,� he said. �It was a dispute between two men, a handgun was drawn and shots were fired but it was no active shooter event.�

Cape Girardeau County coroner Dennis Turner confirmed the victim died at 11:16 a.m. Wednesday. An autopsy is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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