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by Brad Johnson
on Mon Mar 8, 2010
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Mar 23, 2010
As the investigation continues into the early Sunday morning incident at the 63 Sports Complex just north of Jefferson City, ABC 17 News is finding out state law is limiting what Callaway County authorities can do about this ongoing problem. County commissioners tellAdobe Flash CS3 Professional oem us they looked into their legal options for dealing with the complex. They say there have been at least seven incidents at the complex in the last three years but say their hands are tied.
Eastern district commissioner Gabe Craighead says this spot is all too familiar to law enforcement. Commissioners came to the conclusion today state law won't let them do much about the problem.
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"What we're finding out is it's occurred before but it's not a very consistent, it doesn't happen every weekend or month, it's happened during the year," Craighead tells us.
Right now, authorities are focusing on only the investigation.
"Victims aren't telling us what's going on, they aren't giving us any information on who the shooters might be, if they know them, or any type of information that would lead to an arrest," Craighead says.
The Callaway County sheriff tells us his office is contacting several groups to help with the investigation including the NAACP. The department has also contacted Lincoln University police. Students from that school were at the complex when a shooting took place last October.
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Right now the commission says it plans to talk with the owner of the complex about who rents the facility in the future.
