Phelps County man charged with first-degree murder in brother’s shooting death

EDITOR'S NOTE: The spelling of the suspect's last name has been corrected.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Newberg man was charged Monday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after his brother died in a shooting.

Eric D. Colgrove, 55, was arrested Sunday night after a woman called 911, saying her sons were shooting at each other. The victim was pronounced dead a few hours later from gunshot wounds. The Phelps County Sheriff's Department identified him Monday afternoon as Keith Colgrove, 48.

The woman told investigators that Colgrove and his brother had been in an argument over fixing her coffee pot, which escalated into the deadly shooting, a probable cause statement says. Colgrove went to his home during the argument and got a gun, followed his brother inside his home, then started shooting, a witness reportedly told deputies.

Deputies found a gun in Colgrove's truck.

Colgrove was in the Phelps County Jail without bond on Monday.