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One dead, one injured, one jailed in street fight

Cass county MISSOURI
CLEVELAND, Mo. (AP) — A suspect is jailed after one man died and another was injured during a fight on a street in a small northwest Missouri town.

Cass County authorities on Monday charged say 28-year-old Jamie Murray, of Cleveland, Missouri, with second-degree murder.

The sheriff’s office says officers were called Saturday night about an assault in Cleveland, a town of about 600 people south of Kansas City.

Two men were found with serious injuries and one of them, 44-year-old Jeffrey Denton, of Cleveland, died at a hospital.

The sheriff’s office says Denton was in a group walking on a street when he became involved in an altercation with Murray, who was driving on the same street. Terry McIntire, a passenger is Murray’s car, suffered serious injuries.

The investigation is continuing.

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