LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A confrontation between rival motorcycle gangs in a popular Lake of the Ozarks tourist spot has left one man dead and four people injured.
Dan Field, a spokesperson for the city of Lake Ozark, told The Kansas City Star that authorities can't yet say which motorcycle clubs were involved in Thursday night's confrontation. The victims had not been identified Friday.
The shooting occurred around 7:45 p.m. Thursday near Casablanca, a bar and restaurant on the strip of businesses along the road that runs across the Bagnell Dam. A message Casablanca posted on its Facebook page said Thursday was “bike night.”
The posting called the shooting “an unfortunate event” and "an isolated incident” and said Casablanca's staff was safe.
Another fatal shooting occurred in the resort community on Memorial Day weekend at the Lazy Gators event venue, which is 7 miles west of the Bagnell strip.
Kansas City-based rapper Vonza Watson was shot in the chest during an altercation. No one has been charged with his killing, but the Camden County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation is continuing.
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — One person has died and four others hurt in a shooting along an entertainment strip in Lake Ozark in central Missouri, authorities there said.
City officials said in a news release that the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Thursday outside a restaurant on the Bagnell Dam Strip in Lake Ozark, a popular spot in the heart of the Lake of the Ozarks.
Local police, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and several other law enforcement agencies responded to the scene of the shooting, and officials said several suspects were detained following the shooting.
Police had not released other details of the shooting or the names of those shot and arrested by early Friday morning.