Man charged after allegedly instructing someone to hide gun after youth shot himself in the arm

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man was charged with a felony after police say he told someone to hide a gun after a youth shot himself in the arm in February.

Dalton Isom, 32, was charged on Friday with tampering with evidence. A criminal summons was requested.

According to the probable cause statement, a boy allegedly shot himself in the arm while he was in a bedroom at a residence at an apartment on Feb. 2 in the 5400 block of South Bethel Church Road.

Another person at the residence allegedly told Isom about the child shooting their own arm and Isom allegedly told them to hide the gun under clothes in a laundry room before calling police, the statement says.

A loaded gun was found by police, along with a magazine with four cartridges, the statement says.