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East Columbia suspect charged with murder after shooting victim dies

One of the two men shot in Sunday night’s East Columbia double shooting has died.

43-year-old Myron Woods of Kansas City died from his wounds Wednesday morning after Michael Stapleton allegedly shot him in a parking lot on Clark Lane near the Lake of the Woods exit off I-70.

A 40-year-old man, also from Kansas City, was allegedly shot by Stapleton too.  He was released from a Columbia hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound.

The 34-year-old Stapleton is a convicted felon.  Boone County authorities are now charging him with second-degree murder after Woods’ death.

(This story was last updated at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday.)

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