Man charged in Howard County shooting to have initial arraignment Tuesday
Jazsmin Halliburton
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Boonville man accused of shooting another man in Howard County last week is expected to face a judge Tuesday morning for an initial arraignment.
Johntelle Millens, 39, was charged on Friday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession. Millens is being held at the Howard County Jail without bond after the court decided that he was a significant threat to public safety and the victim. Millens will have his arraignment with Judge Mason Gebhardt at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The shooting happened last Thursday and the victim drove himself to downtown Booneville, where officers were called to the intersection of Main and High streets to find them with multiple gunshot wounds. He was flown to the hospital for treatment.
The victim was then with a friend, who allegedly told police Millens shot the victim, the statement says. The victim’s vehicle had a broken window and a spent shell casing was found.
According to court documents, witnesses told law enforcement they saw two men parked near the Port Authority before one man got out of an SUV with what appeared to be a gun.
Millens was arrested three hours after the shooting, near where the victim was found in Boonville. At the time of Millens’ arrest, he denied being involved in the shooting and refused to give a DNA sample, according to the statement.