05/27/2026
On Monday May 25th at about 3:30 in the morning, deputies responded to a home on Weeks Street in Lilbourn for a report of gunshots fired at a house. When the first deputy arrived, he found that a twelve-year-old girl who was in her bedroom at the time of the shooting had been hit in the hand and the abdomen. She was immediately transported to the hospital and is still hospitalized in stable condition. Sheriff’s Office investigators responded to the scene and found that the house had been hit by at least six bullets, with one of the bullets recovered from the wall and another recovered from the victim in surgery. In addition, several spent shell casings of an uncommon caliber were found in the street in front of the house.
Deputies were later able to locate surveillance footage in the area of a vehicle believed to have been involved in the shooting. On the morning of May 26th, the suspect vehicle was found at a house in Sikeston and the owner was contacted. During the search of the suspect’s home and vehicle, am******on was found along with the handgun believed to have been used in the shooting.
A 17-year-old juvenile is in custody for Assault 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action. The case has been turned over to the New Madrid County Juvenile Office, and at this time no further information will be released due to the age of the offender.
I’d like thank the Sikeston Department of Public Safety and the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office for their assistance in this case. In particular, Sikeston DPS detectives were integral in helping our deputies retrieve evidence related to the crime.
Joey Higgerson
New Madrid County Sheriff
