Police looking for shooting suspect

By Roseann Moring

Published Nov. 30, 2007

Police said they are still looking for information about Malcom D. Redmon, 24, who is suspected of shooting two people on Oct. 9.

According to a Columbia Police Department news release, there are multiple felony warrants for Redmon's arrest.

One of the felony warrants is for first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, and the other is for a felony parole violation.

"The significance of us doing this now is because of what he has a warrant for," Columbia Police Capt. Brad Nelson said. "It is important to remove him from the streets."

Nelson said Redmon fired multiple shots into a group of people at the 500 block of Park Avenue, near downtown Columbia.

Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

According to a previous news release, Redmon is suspected of shooting a 15-year-old male in the jaw and an adult male in the leg.

Both victims were treated and released.

Nelson said police believe some other recent shootings in Columbia might be retaliatory incidents because of the nature of the relationships of people involved.

"These people are associated in some manner," he said. "They know each other."

In a previous Maneater report, Nelson said the shooting of a 16-year-old Columbia resident on Nov. 4 could be related to the previous

shooting.

Police found out about the Nov. 4 shooting because they were at University Hospital investigating an unrelated incident.

Nelson said the victim was "not forthcoming" about how he was shot and originally gave investigators incorrect information about where the shooting took place.

The victim also said he was friends with people involved in the original shooting, Nelson said.

Redmon was on parole for various drug charges and stealing, the news release stated. He was sentenced to prison for six years for charges relating to producing with intent to distribute a controlled substance and theft, according to Missouri court documents. Redmon's parole was revoked in July 2004.