One dead in Tuesday shooting

One person is dead after an overnight shooting in Poplar Bluff.

According to Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, “at approximately 2:52 a.m., the Poplar Bluff Police Department responded to a residence in the 800 block of Valley Street after receiving a report of a person who had been shot.”

After their arrival, Whiteley said, officers located Tanika Trice, 30, laying in the driveway of the residence.

Trice later was pronounced dead at the scene.

“A person of interest was taken into custody and is being held on unrelated charges, however, future charges relating to this investigation are expected,” Whiteley said.

The investigation, he said, remains active and “anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Poplar Bluff Police Department at 573-785-5776.”