2 charged in shooting on Dunklin Street in Jefferson City
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Two people were charged with felonies in a Jefferson City shooting that occurred on Tuesday.
Dustee Mathis, 29, of Jefferson City, was charged with two counts of armed criminal action and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. An arraignment was held on Friday and Mathis pleaded not guilty by video from the Cole County Jail, where she is being held without bond.
Armion McCann, 25, of Jefferson City, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and a single count of tampering with evidence. He also pleaded not guilty by video from the jail during a Friday afternoon arraignment/ He is also being held without bond.
A counsel status hearing for both people is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The probable cause statement says someone described as a witness had made a derogatory comment about Mathis, who was sitting in a vehicle in front of a residence, and an argument ensued. Mathis and McCann had left the area and came back.
A witness claimed Mathis was first holding a gun, but McCann ended up holding it, the statement says. One of the witnesses claimed McCann fired shots and that no one from the home fired any, court documents say.
McCann allegedly told officers that he fired the gun after someone at the house had used pepper spray and fired a shot, the statement says.
Video allegedly showed shots being fired after an argument, and police noted that shots could have been fired from two different guns, the statement says.
Police found 10 shell casings in the street near the home, along with another on the front porch, shattered glass from a door that was hit and a bullet hole in the living room wall, court documents say.
