The Cole County prosecutor has filed charges against Carlton Tyler, 32, Jefferson City, after a Sunday shooting incident that left one man wounded.
According to the Jefferson City Police Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1400 block of East Miller Street at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses reported seeing two males arguing in the street, when one of the subjects pointed a rifle at the other and shot at him.
One witness reported seeing the suspect enter a residence in the 1400 block of East Miller Street before the officers arrived. Officers surrounded the suspects' house and the suspect, along with an adult female and two young children, left the house and attempted to flee in a vehicle.
Officers took the suspect into custody without incident and communications advised officers the victim had arrived at a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound. The children were released to family members while the female adult was detained to speak with officers.
The victim, an unnamed 27-year-old Jefferson City resident, was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Charges against Tyler were filed Monday afternoon and include first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm. Tyler was being held in the Cole County Jail Monday on a $250,000 bond.
The Jefferson City Criminal Investigations Section is investigating the shooting and anyone with information is asked to contact the JCPD at 634-6400 or anonymously through CrimeStoppers at 659-TIPS.