POPLAR BLUFF, MO
(KAIT) – A teenager charged with a weekend shooting appeared in court Monday
morning.
According to the
Butler County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, 17-year-old Lonnie Moss Junior was
charged with first degree assault with serious physical injury, and armed
criminal action. A judge set his bond at $100,000.
Poplar Bluff Police says
around 11:20pm Friday, officers were dispatched to Benton and North Main
Streets in Poplar Bluff in connection to a report of shots fired.
During a search of the area, they
learned that a man had been shot and transported to the Emergency Room at PB
Regional Medical Center.
The victim, 36-year-old Sammie Redmond
of Bernie, Missouri told officers that during a drug deal, a young black male
showed a revolver and as Redmond fled the scene.
The black male fired three or four
shots at him. Redmond was shot once in the arm. He was treated and released
from the hospital.
Officers located the suspect's vehicle
in a Poplar Bluff parking lot and during an interview with police; Moss Jr. admitted
that he shot Redmond after he was instructed to by another black male.
At this time, no other arrests have
been made in connection with the shooting.
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Lonnie Moss, Jr. (Source: Poplar Bluff Police Department)
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