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UPDATE: Man pleads not guilty in 2 Missouri RV park deaths

Sweet-photo Miller Co.

TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A man accused of killing two people and injuring a third at a Lake Ozark RV park has pleaded not guilty.

KRCG reports 58-year-old Gary Sweet entered the plea Monday in Miller County Court. His next court date was scheduled for Dec. 6.

Sweet is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Sheri and James Parker last week at the Riverview RV Park in Lake Ozark.

He is also charged with first-degree assault and several counts of armed criminal action.

Authorities say Sweet was recently been evicted from the park.

His next court date was scheduled for Dec. 6.

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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have identified the two people shot to death at a central Missouri campground.

Lake Ozark Police Chief Gary Landerville said Friday the victims were Sheri Lynn Parker and James Hagerty Parker. He says they managed the Riverview RV Park in Lake Ozark.

Authorities say they went to the park early Wednesday after receiving reports of gunfire. The Parkers were found dead in the living quarters of the park’s office.

A married couple also reported shots were fired into their RV. The man was wounded but his wife wasn’t hurt.

The Miller County prosecutor charged 58-year-old Gary L. Sweet with two counts of first-degree murder on Thursday.

A probable cause statement written by a Lake Ozark detective says the Parkers evicted Sweet from the park in October.

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