One dead, one flown to hospital after shooting in Osage County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman was flown to a hospital, and another person was found dead when Osage County deputies and state troopers responded to a shooting Friday morning.

A release posted on the Osage County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page says deputies and troopers were sent to a home on County Road 623 on a shooting call and found a woman with a single gunshot wound who was flown to a regional trauma hospital.

Another person was found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the release states.

The sheriff's office said names were being withheld Friday morning pending notification of next of kin, but investigators do not believe there is any threat to the public.

The sheriff's office said more information would be released as the investigation progresses.