Updated 09/30/26 at 5:44 p.m.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged an additional person in the downtown Cape Girardeau shooting on Sept. 27 that claimed the life of 17-year-old Keyon Malcom of Parma, MO. Three other people were injured in the incident.
21-year-old Quazerious Murray, of Cape Girardeau, was charged with second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree assault, and four counts of armed criminal action in connection with the early morning shooting on Sept. 27. Circuit Judge Julia M. Koester issued a $1 million arrest warrant Sept. 29.
According to the police news release, investigators with the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger Major Case Squad reviewed surveillance footage, interviewed witnesses during the investigation, and identified Murray as the suspected shooter.
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, an announcement from the Cape Girardeau Police Department stated that after the arrest of Murray, 21, investigators were confident all suspects connected to the homicide were in custody, and no further arrests are expected.
The Cape Girardeau-Bollinger County Major Case Squad has been officially disbanded from this investigation. Further investigations related to the shooting will be handled by the Cape Girardeau Police Department.
Original Story
A juvenile was killed, and three adults were reportedly injured in a shooting early Sunday morning, Sept. 27, in downtown Cape Girardeau.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. in the 0-100 block of North Main Street, according to Cape Girardeau police reports. A juvenile was killed, and three adults were injured in the shooting, with two adults confirmed by city officials to be international students at Southeast Missouri State University.
One of the SEMO students sustained injuries in the leg and the other in the arm. City officials also stated that the SEMO students were not involved in the altercation.
Police said officers were patrolling downtown when they heard multiple gunshots. They found a juvenile and an adult suffering from gunshot wounds. Two additional adults later arrived at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. The juvenile was later pronounced dead.
As of Monday, Sept. 28, no one had been arrested for the shooting itself.
However, Herman Jackson III, 24, was arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. He is in jail on a $500,000 bond following the shooting.
According to the probable cause statement, Jackson took a firearm off the ground after the shooting and attempted to hide it in front of his waistband.
This is an ongoing story. Southeast Arrow originally published this story.
