MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, Mo. 65793
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G - 08201
August 30, 2020
EMPHASIS:
Patrol Assists In Shooting Investigation
Investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control are assisting the Carter County Sheriff’s Department and Van Buren Police Department with a shooting investigation, which occurred in the early morning hours of August 30, 2020, in Van Buren, Missouri.
At around 5 a.m. on August 30, 2020, a shooting occurred at the Ozark Riverfront Campground in Van Buren. Investigators determined the victim, a 31-year-old Dexter, Missouri man, was shot at the campsite by a member of his own party. Preliminary investigation details do not rule out an accidental shooting and no arrest has been made. The victim is currently in a Saint Louis Hospital in serious condition.
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