Additional felony charges added in Sturgeon murder case

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man accused of shooting and killing a Sturgeon man earlier this year is facing more felony charges.

Dalton Perkins, 32, of Sturgeon, is now charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree domestic assault and a count of unlawful use of a weapon after a superseding indictment was filed on Friday in Boone County.  An arraignment was held Monday morning. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

He was previously charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault.

Deputies were called to the 18900 block of Route NN in northern Boone County at about 8 p.m. May 3 after Perkins shot the 56-year-old victim in a fight, according to the probable cause statement. The man had at least one gunshot wound to the torso and died at the scene despite being given life-saving aid, court documents in previous reporting say.

The witness who reported the shooting said Perkins shot at them, grabbed their hair and threw them from the porch, documents say.