September 4, 2021

Witnesses say gunfire was exchanged shortly before 11 p.m. Friday in Poplar Bluff. Officers were called to the 900 block of Gardner Street in reference to shots fired into a house from the street, officials report. While officers investigated this shooting, they reported hearing shots fired north of their location...

Witnesses say gunfire was exchanged shortly before 11 p.m. Friday in Poplar Bluff.

Officers were called to the 900 block of Gardner Street in reference to shots fired into a house from the street, officials report.

While officers investigated this shooting, they reported hearing shots fired north of their location.

Additional officers responded to that area.

“A round had struck a house in the 600 block of West Lexington Street,” officers said.

A witness reported that two passenger vehicles exchanged gunfire on West Lexington, between Garfield and Alice streets.

No additional information on the shooting was available as of Saturday afternoon. This article will be updated as information becomes available.

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