SIKESTON, Mo. (WSIL) -- Authorities are looking for a suspect after a shooting incident along I-57 in Mississippi County on Monday.

Detective Sergeant John Blakely with the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office said the shooting happened on I-57, roughly four miles east of Sikeston, just after 5 a.m. on September 1.

Blakely stated a male in his mid 20s was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Authorities are looking for a suspect in connection to this incident. Blakely said the suspect has been identified and is a male in his 20s.

The Scott County Sheriff's Office and Sikeston DPS are assisting the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office in this ongoing investigation.

If anyone has any information on this incident, you are asked to call the Mississippi County S

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