Pittsburg teen arrested for attempted murder
A 19-year-old from Pittsburg is facing attempted murder and other charges stemming from a drive-by shooting. Read both of full press releases below:
Continued follow-up investigation into this shooting incident from Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 2020, resulted in a suspect being positively identified. 19-year-old Dakota J. Schmidt, of Pittsburg, was identified as the suspect involved in Tuesday afternoon’s shooting incident that took place in the 300 block of E. Monroe St.
On Thursday afternoon, May 7, 2020, investigators were checking numerous locations for Mr. Schmidt based on incoming tips, and located him in an apartment at 2601 N. Joplin St., in Pittsburg. Schmidt was taken into custody without incident, and a stolen firearm was located, as well as items believed to be methamphetamine and related drug paraphernalia.
Schmidt was later transported to the jail at the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, where he was booked in for attempted second-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm, felony possession of stolen property, felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers of the Pittsburg Police Department were called to the 300 block of East Monroe Street in reference to a shooting that had just occurred in the street. Upon arrival, officers learned a female victim had been shot at while seated in a parked vehicle across from a tri-plex residence.
The victim indicated she was sitting in her parked vehicle facing west when a white, older model sedan, possibly a late 90’s or early 2000’s model Mercury Grand Marquis or Ford Crown Victoria pulled up next to her vehicle facing east. The victim said the driver, described as a male subject, began yelling obscenities at her and pointed a handgun at her. The victim said she heard a shot fired and glass from a broken rear window flying into her vehicle as the suspect vehicle sped away, traveling north from the scene on Joplin Street. The victim was not struck by the bullet and received no injuries as a result of the incident.