SALEM, Mo. — A man has been taken into custody after allegedly shooting a firearm toward a moving vehicle in Salem, Missouri, on Saturday, October 25.

According to a Salem Police Department social media post, Allen Smith has been charged with three counts of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful discharge of a firearm and second-degree property damage.

The post says that police responded to a report of shots being fired near Warfel and East Scenic Rivers Boulevard in Salem.

Officers found that preliminary findings showed that a single shot was fired at a motor vehicle that was occupied by three juveniles.

Through coordination with the Dent County Sheriff's Office, officers located Smith, and he was transported to the police department for quest

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