JC authorities prepare for more retaliation after fights, arsons

Jefferson City police will have more staff ready over the Fourth of July weekend as they try to stop any more retaliation.

Someone shot a gun into the air during a fight at a carnival outside Capital Mall on June 26. The shooter is still wanted, but investigators connected two 16-year-olds, a 17-year-old, and an 18-year-old to what happened.

Investigators say the mother of a girl assaulted during the carnival fight threw Molotov cocktails at two homes as payback. Iasha Cannady, 45, is in jail with no bond on three arson counts.