SEYMOUR, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri man has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was shot to death near Seymour.
Gage Bittner, 23, of Hartville, was also charged Thursday with armed criminal action after prosecutors say he shot a man Wednesday at a home near Seymour, The Springfield News-Leader reported.
Webster County sheriffs officials have not identified the victim or disclosed a possible motive for the shooting.
Teresa Ireland, of Seymour, was charged with hindering the prosecution of a felony. Prosecutors say she threw the murder weapon out of the car as the two drove away from the shooting scene.
Ireland and Bittner were being held in the Webster County Jail. Bittner is being held on a $1 million bond and Ireland on $50,000. Online court records do not list attorneys for them.
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