The St. Joseph Police Department is investigating after an incident Wednesday night in midtown resulted in two shooting victims.

Capt. Jeff Wilson said officers responded to a shooting call shortly after 10 p.m. to the area of 17th and Sacramento streets.

Wilson said officers found two men who claimed they were walking home from the Speedy’s on Mitchell and somebody unknown to them drove by in a dark colored passenger vehicle and shot at them.

One victim was a 40-year-old St. Joseph resident, the other was a 20-year-old St. Joseph resident. One of the men was shot in his foot and has been treated and released from the hospital.  The other received a gunshot to his leg, however, Wilson said the bullet was deflected by something in his pocket and the man was not injured.  Police said the men reported hearing three to four shots fired. No suspect description was provided.

“The investigation is open there have been no suspects arrested at this time,” Wilson said. “Currently, detectives have indicated that this is not a random act.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police or the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.

Six people were injured in a four vehicle crash Wednesday in Buchanan County. 

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, shortly before noon, 32-year-old Andrea R. Popejoy of Falls City, Nebraska, was driving a Chevy Impala south on I-29 and took the south exit to US 169. Popejoy’s vehicle swerved to avoid a Buick Lacrosse stopped at the light. The Impala went off the road then back onto the road, hitting the Lacrosse. The impact caused the Lacrosse to hit a third vehicle in front of it which then pushed the third vehicle into the back of a fourth vehicle.

Popejoy was transported to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of serious injuries. A five-year-old passenger in the Impala was seriously injured and a one-year-old passenger had minor injuries. Both were transported to Mosaic for treatment. According to the crash report, no one in the Impala was wearing a safety device. 

The drivers and passengers in the second and third vehicles involved in the crash were transported to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of minor injuries. All were wearing seat belts.

Students are moving onto campus this week at Missouri Western State University and Northwest Missouri State University.

Move-in day at Missouri Western in St. Joseph is Wednesday for first-year students living on campus.

In Maryville, Northwest is preparing to welcome around 1,300 first-time freshmen and more than 200 transfer students to its campus for the 2017-18 school year. Northwest said although select students will move onto campus Wednesday night, the official move-in begins at 7 a.m. Thursday and continues through Friday.

Both university will begin classes on Monday.

A St. Joseph woman is facing a felony charge after the death of her child.

Doris Koon, 21 is charged in Buchanan County with a first-degree felony of endangering the welfare of a child.

According to court documents, Koon is accused of drinking alcohol Sunday night leading into Monday morning. Detective Dustin Robinson with the St. Joseph Police Department said Koon fell asleep with the child on a couch at a home in the 2100 block of S. 10th street.

“According to witness statements, when Koon was woke up, (the child) was found laying directly underneath Koon on the couch. It is unknown how long the child was there,” Robinson said. “According to witness statements when the child was moved from underneath Koon, (the child) appeared to be deceased.”

Robinson said Koon took the child to Mosaic Life Care but did not seek medical attention for the child until security made contact with her around three hours after the original discovery of the deceased child.  The child was confirmed deceased at Mosaic.

As we previously reported, police began investigating the death of an infant related to a missing person alert for Koon issued Monday morning.

Koon is scheduled for an arraignment on Friday.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has a new K-9 vehicle to aid in drug enforcement efforts.

The sheriff’s office on Friday, received a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe from the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.

Sheriff John Merchant said the vehicle has around 45,000 miles and is fully equipped with a K-9 box, heat sensors, door popper and general equipment that would be found in a law enforcement K-9 vehicle.

“This generous donation will allow us to replace our current K-9 vehicle which has nearly 150,000 miles,” Merchant said. “The Brown County Sheriffs Office has been very blessed to have such notable community minded safety partners and this vehicle will be put to good use to assist in locating drug offenders in our county.”