By Associated Press - Thursday, February 9, 2017

AVA, Mo. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a southern Missouri shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.

The West Plains Daily Quill (https://bit.ly/2kSUQZm ) reports that the man killed in last month’s shooting was identified in a news release Wednesday as 57-year-old John Aborn, of Ava. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says that the second man sustained a gunshot wound to the arm.

Deputies found the victims while responding to what was believed to be a domestic disturbance. No other details were immediately released.



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