Man accused of shooting gun at Boonville intersection charged with domestic assault, other felonies
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was accused of firing a gun Monday at a Boonville intersection has been charged with several felonies.
Dorian Gardner, 37, of Boonville, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a $200,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says Gardner and the victim had been arguing all day and the victim was driving Gardner back to his residence when he told her to stop the car “or else.”
Gardner then allegedly took the victim’s cellphone and stepped outside of the car, the statement says. He then threatened to shoot the victim and pointed a gun at her before turning the gun toward the intersection and firing straight ahead near the intersection of 6th and Locust streets, the statement says.
The shell casing of the bullet was found within 100 yards of Laura Speed Elliott Middle School, court documents say.
Police eventually found Gardner and he initially denied being involved in the incident before admitting to having and firing a gun, the statement says.
He was sentenced to probation in 2023 after he pleaded guilty in Boone County to first-degree burglary. He completed a 120-day program and was ordered to five years of probation, along with a 10-year suspended sentence.
He also pleaded guilty in 2021 to first-degree tampering with a vehicle. He was sentenced to five years of probation in that case, along with a seven-year suspended sentence.