SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD IN POPLAR BLUFF
A homicide investigation is ongoing in connection to a Friday morning shooting in Poplar Bluff.
Officials with the Poplar Bluff Police Department tell KWOC News that officers were dispatched to an area on South E Street at around 7:30 am Friday in reference to a subject who had been shot.
The victim, identified as Clifton Clyde Reed, was later pronounced dead at the scene by Butler County Coroner Jim Akers.
The Butler County Major Case Squad is investigating the incident. If you have any information in connection to the investigation, you are asked to contact the Poplar Bluff Police Department at 573-785 5776.
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE SHOOTING INCIDENTS
Authorities in Poplar Bluff are investigating multiple reported shootings from Friday night.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, at around 10:50 pm, officers were dispatched to a gambling hall on South Westwood Boulevard in reference to shots fired. Officers at the scene learned that several people exchanged gunfire and one adult male was shot.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not released.
About six minutes after that report, Police received another report of shots being fired into a house on Gardner Street. While investigating that report, officers heard shots being fired north of their location.
Officers later found that a round had struck a home in the 600 block of West Lexington Street.
A witness told police that they saw two passenger vehicles exchange gunfire on West Lexington, between Garfield and Alice Streets.
It is unknown if the shootings are connected to each other and they are all under investigation. Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to contact the Poplar Bluff Police Department.
FLORIDA RESIDENT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN OFF ROAD VEHICLE CRASH NEAR POPLAR BLUFF
Two people were injured in an off road vehicle crash over the weekend.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle struck a bridge and overturned Saturday on County Road 534, seven miles from Poplar Bluff.
A passenger on the vehicle, 28 year old Alyster Longman, of Jacksonville, Florida, was seriously injured and transported to an area hospital.
The driver, a 12 year old from Poplar Bluff, received minor injuries.
WANTED MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN POPLAR BLUFF
Updating a story we brought to you last week, a wanted man has been taken into custody by authorities in Poplar Bluff.
The Poplar Bluff Police Department announced on Friday that 36 year old Matthew Russell has been apprehended.
Officials say that Russell was wanted for robbery and suspicion of stealing.
ROAD PROJECT UNDERWAY IN STODDARD COUNTY
Route ZZ in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs.
This section of roadway to be reduced is located from County Road 642 to County Road 648.
Weather permitting, work will take place today from 10 am to 4 pm.
ROAD WORK SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK IN DUNKLIN COUNTY
U.S. Route 62 in Dunklin County will be reduced to one lane for part of this week as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The section of roadway to be reduced is located from Highway 53 to Highway 25.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 am to 4 pm, both today and tomorrow.
