Arraignment was scheduled Tuesday for a 34-year-old Galt, Missouri man after a fatal shooting last week.

Patrick Courtney is charged with one count of first degree murder for the death of 32-year-old Christopher Molloy at Molloy’s home Thursday, September 20.

Sheriff Rodney Herring says a fight broke out between Molloy, Courtney, and Stephanie Miller, who also lived in the house in the 200 block of Main Street in Galt.

Herring said in a news release that the suspect was arrested after admitting he pulled the trigger. Molloy was killed with a small-caliber handgun.

 

In a probable cause statement, Sheriff Herring said Molloy was shot multiple times in the head, the torso, both arms and back with a Heritage .22 caliber revolver.

Courtney is being held without bond in the Grundy County Detention Center in Trenton.  His formal arraignment is scheduled September 25 before Associate Circuit Judge Steven D. Hudson.