Jefferson City police search for homicide suspect after deadly shooting Friday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Jefferson City Police Department is searching for a man after one person was shot and killed in Jefferson City on Friday, according to a Saturday afternoon press release.
According to the release, police were called to the 800 block of Mulberry Street just after 4 p.m. on Friday after receiving reports that someone had been shot. Witnesses on scene told police the victim had been shot during a fight, and was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle.
Police said the 39-year-old Jefferson City resident was found at the Capital Region Medical Center. They were later airlifted to University Hospital in Columbia where they died.
Police named 29-year-old Malcolm Mayes, of Jefferson City, as the suspect. A warrant has been issued for Mayes' arrest the release says.
A homicide investigation has been launched.
The shooting comes just one day after two people were charged with felonies in another Jefferson City gun-related incident that happened Tuesday in the 900 block of East Dunklin Street.
Both cases come during a violent stretch across Mid-Missouri.
Earlier this week, Governor Mike Kehoe met with Columbia city leaders following a disturbing shooting last Saturday, when a 17-year-old fired a gun inside a Dick’s Sporting Goods before leaving in a stolen vehicle. The next day, 21-year-old Brianna Hawkins, of Fulton was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on Clark Lane.
Police are urging anyone with information about Mayes’ whereabouts to contact them.
ABC 17 News reached out to the Jefferson City Police Department.
