Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad disbanded after man killed in downtown Cape Girardeau

CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad has disbanded after an investigation into a deadly shooting in Cape Girardeau.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department continues to investigate after officers say Linard Thomas was shot and killed around 12:30 a.m. on July 14 near 417 Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau.

Signs of violence are still visible as several drops of blood scattered the sidewalk. Officers gathered to the scene and roped off the scene with yellow crime scene tape.

Thomas was shot and then went in a private vehicle to a local hospital where they pronounced him dead at 1:08 a.m.

Leslie Washington is a local who lives she around the area she says she’s had enough of the violence.

“Violence that has occurred here in Cape Girardeau and once again it has ripped our community apart,” said Washington. “It’s tearing families apart. It’s affecting businesses and we just need to get a better handle on it and just need to work together and find out the reasoning behind these shootings that just keep continuing to happen.”

Bobby Newton is the Public Information Officer at the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

He says they are still trying to figure out what happened. Newton states what he knows about the investigation and is looking for help from the public to identify the suspect who killed Linard Thomas.

“On July 14th around 12:30 a.m. officers responded to an area hospital we got a report of a subject that came in with a life-threatening gunshot wound throughout the investigation the incident actually occurred during the 400 block of Broadway so officers responded there and located the crime scene and secured the area,” said Newton. “They will remain activated they can find there are several leads out there that they are running down. Again, talking to everybody that was there talking to everybody that may possibly be a witness and also tracking down any video surveillance in that area too.”

If you are someone who could be an eye witness or have surveillance footage of the scene on Sunday morning at 417 Broadway Street, the Cape Girardeau asks for your help to track down the suspect. Call (573) 335-6621 with information.