Teenager charged as adult in Vienna gas station shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A teenager from Freeburg has been charged as an adult in Maries County in connection with a shooting that occurred at a Vienna gas station in September.

Kaden Herzing was charged on Thursday with armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree property damage. He was 17 years old when he was arrested on Sept. 21. A Friday court filing says he was denied a public defender.

A probable cause statement says Vienna police were called around 2:28 a.m. Sept. 21 after the Quik Spot in the 100 block of South Highway 63 had its windows shot out. Police saw the glass of the front door was destroyed and four shell casings were found at the scene, the statement says. An estimate determined about $1,100 in damage was reported, court documents say.

A friend of Herzing called law enforcement after and allegedly said Herzing told him that he had shot the windows out of two convenience stores in Osage County, the statement says.

Police reviewed video and saw a male arrive in a dark-colored car, walk up to the door with a handgun in his right hand and fired it, court documents say.

Herzing was later found at a residence in Freeburg and a gun containing five bullets was found in a car, the statement says. The bullets were the same brand as the spent shell casing found at the convenience store, police wrote.