Lazy Gators shooting leaves one person dead
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ)
EDIT:
Shooting took place at Lazy Gators. Previous reporting said Shady Gators.
UPDATE:
According to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff's Office, the victim, a 27-year-old black male, has died.
CCSO also arrested two of three suspects, with the help of witnesses.
The names of the victims and the suspects have not yet been released.
Deputies received a 911 call from Lazy Gators in reference to shots fired at 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
When officers arrived on scene, they found the victim, who had been shot.
EMS took the victim to Lake Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The CCSO Major Case Squad, Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Lake Ozark Police Department are investigating the incident as a homicide.
Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to call the Camden County Sheriff’s Office at 573-346-2243.
ORIGINAL:
Police are looking for a suspect after one person was shot Saturday night at the Lake of the Ozarks.
According to Corporal Kyle Green with Troop F of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Morgan County advised Troop F of a shots fired call at Shady Gators bar on the dock around 10:45 p.m. with at least one victim shot in the chest.
Green says the alleged suspect has not yet been detained but is described as having dreadlocks and wearing a blue and white basketball jersey.
Travis Crellin, who is visiting the Lake of the Ozarks this weekend, said he was woken up from a nap by all of the commotion from the incident.
"I woke up to all the sirens and there was a lot of cops," Crellin said. "I'm from California so I'm used to shootings in California but there was a lot of sirens and it was going on for a long time."
Crellin says he saw a bunch of people trying to leave Shady Gators property.
"I came outside and that's when the whole hurry was coming out," Crellin said. "There was a lot of arguments, there was a lot of fussing, a lot of mad people [and] a lot of confusion."
Law enforcement left the scene a little after 2:30 a.m.
This is a developing story, stay with ABC 17 News for more information as it breaks.
