An area police department is investigating a shooting that left one person dead on Saturday, August 31.

According to a release from the Sedalia Police Department on its Facebook page, officers responded to 11th and Ohio on a report of gunshots being fired and a subject on the ground at 11:38 p.m. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, 25-year-old Adrian R. Clark, of Sedalia, in the street. He had been shot several times and died from his wounds.

Patrol officers and investigators began investigating and developed a suspect in the homicide. A Sedalia resident has been arrested, but he has not been formally charged at this time. Authorities are seeking Felony charges of Second-Degree Murder, Armed Criminal Action, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Pettis County Sheriff’s Department assisted with scene security.

If you have information about this incident, you are urged to call the police department at (660) 826-8100.