MALDEN, Mo. (KFVS) – An investigation is underway after a shooting on Sunday morning in Malden, Missouri.

According to the Malden Department of Public Safety, officers were called to Kimball Street on July 19 for a report of two possible gunshot victims.

When police arrived, they found two people dead. Police later confirmed both people are dead.

Police say there is no known threat to the public and no other details will be released at this time.

Malden DPS, the Dunklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating.

In the spring of 2021, Cecilia Williams lost her son, daughter-in-law and grandson to a drunken driver.

Williams, who lives in Bonne Terre, is now raising the two orphaned grandchildren who survived, Bentley and Mason.

A year later, Melanie Wankum was hit head-on by a drunken driver, killing her instantly and injuring a passenger on their way back from a wedding.

In both tragedies, families of the victims became advocates on their behalf, championing tougher laws in Missouri against drunken driving.

Soon after the crash that killed her son and his family, Williams found herself in Jefferson City lobbying for a bill that would hold drunken drivers responsible for children left without a parent after an accident.

It would require convicted drunken drivers to pay child support to the surviving children until they are at least 18, or 21 if they are still in school.

Named after Williams’ grandsons, the legislation was introduced in 2021 and signed by the governor five years later on July 9. Tennessee was the first state and Missouri was the eighth to pass a version of “Bentley Law.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fire crews battled a house fire Saturday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, that sent an occupant and a firefighter to the hospital.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department responded to a house fire around 10:10 a.m. Saturday in the 100 block of West 85th Street.

KCFD said one occupant was trapped inside the residence. Upon arrival, crews began battling the fire and entered the house to rescue the occupant.

Firefighters located an elderly woman and got her out of the house. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital in serious condition.

A KCFD firefighter was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

A dog inside the residence was able to evacuate safely.

The fire department reported the fire was brought under control around 10:25 a.m. City Planning and Dangerous Buildings were requested at the scene.

KCFD is investigating the cause of the fire.

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