Springfield couple charged after allegedly hitting child with car in Camden County
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A couple from Springfield, Missouri, was charged with assault after one of them allegedly hit a child with a car on Tuesday night.
Chasimus Quinn, 36, was charged with first-degree assault, illegal gun possession and armed criminal action. Ashley Coleman, 34, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Both are being held at the Camden County Jail without bond and have a court hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday.
According to the probable cause statement, deputies were called after Coleman allegedly hit the child with vehicle and Quinn hit someone with a gun on Westpark Drive.
Deputies saw 30-40 people at the scene and saw the victim on the ground, the statement says. The victim said they could not feel their legs and blood was seen on the victim’s head and face, court documents say.
The youth was flown to University Hospital with serious injuries, according to the statement. A Thursday press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office says the child is in serious condition.
The couple allegedly ran into a residence on the street and they eventually walked out of the home, separately, after deputies told them to come out, court documents say. Witnesses identified Coleman as the driver who hit the youth and Quinn as a man who had threatened several people -- including the child -- with a gun, the statement says.
A dozen witnesses told deputies that Quinn threatened people with a gun earlier in the day, the statement says. The victim allegedly was walking back to his residence when he was approached by Quinn, who pulled out a gun, the statement says.
Coleman then allegedly hit the child with a vehicle at a rate of 40-50 miles per hour, the statement says. Quinn then got into the vehicle and the two sped away, the statement says.
The homeowner of the residence where the couple stayed allegedly told police that the couple was having “non-stop problems with the residents in the neighborhood,” court documents says. Quinn apparently denied having a gun or using one, the statement says. Law enforcement found a gun in the couple’s bedroom, but a second gun that was described to have been in the home was not found, the statement says.
