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Man shot to death in southern Missouri; 2 men arrested

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WEST PLAINS, Mo. (AP) — Police near the southern border of Missouri say a man has been shot to death at a truck stop and two other men have been arrested in the case. Television station KYTV reports that the shooting happened late Tuesday night at the 14-Junction Truck Stop along Highway 63 in West Plains. Officers called to the scene found a 34-year-old man with several gunshot wounds. The man was taken to a hospital, where he later died. His name has not been released. Police say witnesses to the shooting told investigators that the suspects left the scene in a pickup truck. Police and Howell County Sheriff’s deputies later found a truck matching the witnesses’ description at a house and arrested two men there.

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