CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- One person is in custody facing several felony charges in a shooting incident which left one person injured in Cape Girardeau.
Police in Cape Girardeau went out to the 600 and 700 blocks of Bellevue for a shots fired report on September 17 at around 1:30 a.m.
Once they got there, officers found a victim with a gunshot wound a few blocks away from the original scene. That person was then taken to a hospital for treatment for what police said appeared to be a non-life threatening wound.
During the investigation, Cape Girardeau Police Department said they identified Kalum Campbell as one of the suspects in the case.
Weeks later, on October 10, a warrant was issued for Campbell's arrest for a Class A Felony Assault in the first degree, three counts of Armed Criminal Action and two counts of Class B Felony Assaults in the first degree and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, issued by the Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
On October 12, at around 11:50 a.m., Cape Girardeau Police Department officers and Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office went to the 0-100-block of Rivercrest Drive where they took Campbell into custody for the warrant.
He is being held with no bond at this time.
The investigation is still ongoing.
If you have any information on this incident, you are encouraged to call the Cape Girardeau Police Department at 573-335-6621, call anonymously at 573-339-6313 or text CAPEPD to 847411.
