𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲: 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬.

On May 5, 2026, deputies with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to rural Leeton, Missouri, in reference to a reported shooting incident.

According to court records, deputies learned that Joseph Allen Rains had allegedly fired a handgun at the victim following a physical altercation. Investigators were advised that the victim had been struck in the back of the head with an object described as a brick during the confrontation.

After the parties were separated, Rains retrieved a handgun from the ground near the area where the altercation occurred. Rains allegedly pointed the handgun toward the victim and fired several rounds in the victim’s direction. Investigators also learned that two juveniles were inside nearby residences and within the area where rounds were fired.

An investigator later reviewed surveillance video from a witness’s security camera system. According to the affidavit, the footage showed a white SUV arriving behind the victim’s vehicle while the victim was inside. The video allegedly showed Rains striking the victim in the back of the head with an object before the two became involved in a physical struggle on the ground. After being separated, Rains recovers a handgun from the ground, then fires several rounds toward the victim and the nearby residences where the juveniles were located. Rains is now charged with assault in the first degree, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

Case Information:

https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/newHeader.do?inputVO.caseNumber=26JO-CR00402&inputVO.courtId=CT17#docket