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The male victim involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon has died.

The victim has been identified as 28 year-old Leon Hinckley of Windsor.

According to Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond, around 12:50 p.m. deputies responded to the Sunset Village Trailer Park on West Main Street, located just west of the Sedalia city limits near the Galaxy Movie Theater. He said one man was taken by the Pettis County Ambulance District to Bothwell Regional Health Center with multiple gunshot wounds.

Bond said deputies had interviewed witnesses in the area and that a black male driver and a white male passenger were seen leaving the scene in a black four-door passenger car with a sunroof.

A news release states that during the investigation a black 2012 Chevrolet Impala, believed to have been involved in the crime and reported stolen from Sedalia, was recovered by the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office in Lexington.

We believe theyve (the suspects) left our area and the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office is assisting us in investigating, Bond told the Democrat. The vehicle, it was reported as being stolen here in Sedalia, so the Sedalia Police Department is working that portion of it. The vehicle is on its way back from Lafayette County so we can search it, process it, collect evidence.

Bond said an autopsy for the victim is scheduled for Friday morning at the Boone County Medical Examiners Office.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Pettis County Sheriffs Office at 660-827-0052 or Pettis County Crime Stoppers at 660-827-8477.

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Pettis County deputies still searching for suspects

Nicole Cooke can be reached at 660-530-0138 or on Twitter @NicoleRCooke.

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