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By Jeff Haldiman
jhaldiman@newstribune.com
Jefferson City police plan to increase patrols near a convenience store where four people were shot early Tuesday.
The shootings occurred at the BP Gas Station, 807 Stadium Blvd., which also was the site of a July 2007 incident that led police officers to use mace on several people who were fighting.
Capt. Doug Shoemaker said police plan to have more officers in the area, especially after midnight and in the early-morning hours, when crowds generally begin to gather at the station.
“But we can't focus on one area alone because we have a whole city to patrol,” Shoemaker noted.
Meanwhile, owners of the business have turned over surveillance video to police to try to help the investigation. The owners are planning to put in more lighting in some areas and have put up signs to show that the area is monitored and patrolled by police. They say a decision about shutting down the business during the overnight hours still is being weighed.
Two people from Jefferson City and two people from Fulton have been identified as the victims in the shootings that occurred after what appears to have been an altercation involving a large crowd on the convenience store's parking lot.
Initially, police reported three people were treated for wounds, but changed that number after further interviews were completed Wednesday.
The shooting victims were identified as Secrisha Resonno, 24, and Herbert Rogers, 33, both of Jefferson City, and Corelle Clark, 21, and Cortez Cave, 22, both of Fulton.
All four are recovering from non-life threatening wounds, police said.
A check of court records on the Missouri court system's Internet database, CaseNet, shows Cave and Rogers have a history of drug-related convictions.
Tuesday's incident was reported just after 4 a.m., and police found the crowd was leaving when they arrived.
Details as to why the incident started and who started it are still unclear, and police say it has been hard for them to get information because they haven't gotten much cooperation from witnesses.
“There could be a number of reasons why they won't cooperate,” Shoemaker said. “We're confident we will know (the cause of the altercation). Past dealings with people might help bring us to conclusions, but assumptions can be misleading, so we deal with facts as much as possible.”
Police are asking anyone who might have information about this incident to call CrimeStoppers at 659-TIPS where information can be left anonymously.
The shootings occurred at the BP Gas Station, 807 Stadium Blvd., which also was the site of a July 2007 incident that led police officers to use mace on several people who were fighting.
Capt. Doug Shoemaker said police plan to have more officers in the area, especially after midnight and in the early-morning hours, when crowds generally begin to gather at the station.
“But we can't focus on one area alone because we have a whole city to patrol,” Shoemaker noted.
Meanwhile, owners of the business have turned over surveillance video to police to try to help the investigation. The owners are planning to put in more lighting in some areas and have put up signs to show that the area is monitored and patrolled by police. They say a decision about shutting down the business during the overnight hours still is being weighed.
Two people from Jefferson City and two people from Fulton have been identified as the victims in the shootings that occurred after what appears to have been an altercation involving a large crowd on the convenience store's parking lot.
Initially, police reported three people were treated for wounds, but changed that number after further interviews were completed Wednesday.
The shooting victims were identified as Secrisha Resonno, 24, and Herbert Rogers, 33, both of Jefferson City, and Corelle Clark, 21, and Cortez Cave, 22, both of Fulton.
All four are recovering from non-life threatening wounds, police said.
A check of court records on the Missouri court system's Internet database, CaseNet, shows Cave and Rogers have a history of drug-related convictions.
Tuesday's incident was reported just after 4 a.m., and police found the crowd was leaving when they arrived.
Details as to why the incident started and who started it are still unclear, and police say it has been hard for them to get information because they haven't gotten much cooperation from witnesses.
“There could be a number of reasons why they won't cooperate,” Shoemaker said. “We're confident we will know (the cause of the altercation). Past dealings with people might help bring us to conclusions, but assumptions can be misleading, so we deal with facts as much as possible.”
Police are asking anyone who might have information about this incident to call CrimeStoppers at 659-TIPS where information can be left anonymously.
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