Shooting in Perry County leaves three dead and one injured

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Three are dead and one man was taken to the hospital after a shooting Sunday at a gated community 15 minutes west of Perryville.

At approximately 11 a.m. Sunday, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at a home on Port Perry Drive in the Lake Perry neighborhood, a gated community near Silver Lake, Missouri.

After an investigation, the sheriff’s office reported that Jerry Moore, 68, of Perryville, shot and killed three people: his wife, Diane Moore, 55, Allen Kennon, 46, both of Perryville, and Dennis Stanfill, 54, of Barnhardt, Missouri. and then turned the gun on himself.

“It’s a terrible situation,” said Roger Prost, a Perryville city councilman. He said it had been years since the last murder in the city and he couldn’t remember a violent crime in the Moores’ upscale neighborhood.

“As far as I know, nothing has ever happened out there,” he said.

Moore, his wife and Stanfill were pronounced dead and Kennon was taken to a St. Louis hospital with injuries. According to a news release, Dennis Stanfill’s wife, Terry Stanfill, 56, was also present but was not injured.

Witnesses interviewed by the sheriff’s office said the couple had been arguing. The sheriff’s office reported that Diane Moore returned to the home she shared with Jerry Moore and the other three people, apparently to collect her belongings.