Emergency personnel responded around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, to the 900 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau. At the scene, Cape Girardeau Police Department officer Richard McCall was only able to confirm that shots were fired and two people were transported to the hospital. Injuries were not known to the Southeast Missourian as of 1:30 a.m. Sunday. McCall said the police department would send out a news release Sunday.
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