KOSHKONONG, Mo. (AP) – One person was killed and three others were critically injured Saturday morning in a shooting at a convenience store in southern Missouri, and authorities say 28-year-old Christopher Lindley of Thayer was arrested in Howell County as the suspect. Lindley is charged in Oregon County Circuit Court with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
The shooting occurred at a Snappy Mart convenience store in Koshkonong, a town of about 200 people on the Missouri-Arkansas border.
Officers were alerted when a clerk inside the store called 911. The suspect walked into the store and started firing with a handgun. Several witnesses inside the store were not injured, Oregon County Sheriff Eric King said.
Lindley was arrested about four hours later, King said. Authorities do not believe any other suspects are involved.
The suspect and at least one of the victims knew each other, the sheriff said.
Three of the victims, including the person who died, were from out of state. The three surviving victims were initially taken to Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains with critical injuries, and they were later transferred to Springfield area hospitals.
Lindley is being held without bond.
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