(From the Joplin Police Department)On Saturday, April 15th, 2023 at 12:59 a.m., an officer with the Joplin Police Department heard what sounded like a gunshot coming from the area of 5th and Joplin Avenue. Additional 911 calls of a report of gunshots also started coming into the Emergency Communications Center.
Upon arrival and through further investigation it was determined that the staff at Club XO at 502 S. Joplin Avenue had denied entry to a male subject. That subject then went to the parking lot to a parked vehicle. A citizen had followed the suspect and observed him immediately retrieve an AR style pistol from the vehicle.
The citizen, fearing for his safety and the safety of others, put the suspect into a neck restraint. During the struggle, a single round discharged from the firearm. The citizen then disengaged the suspect and ran on foot. The suspect got into a silver passenger car and fled from the scene.
Officers were able to locate that vehicle and conducted a traffic stop near 7th and Main Street. Christopher L. Carter, age 28 of Joplin, was taken into custody without further incident.
The firearm from the incident was located by officers after it had been placed in a separate vehicle on the scene. Carter, who has felony convictions, is prohibited from being in possession of a firearm.
Officers forwarded charges to the Jasper County Prosecutor's Office for Assault in the 4th Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Armed Criminal Action.
On March 15th, Carter was released from the Joplin City Jail on $25,000 bond. There were no persons reportedly injured as a result of this incident. This matter is still under investigation and we ask that if anyone has any information to please contact the Joplin Police Department at 417-623-3131.
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