Upon arrival they contacted the victim, 61 year old Vickie Rae Quimby, who stated that her son, 27 year old Thomas Iseman, had shot her in the neck with a handgun as she was driving down Ohio Street having an argument with him.
Iseman was sitting in the passenger seat of the truck and in the back seat was a 19 year old female, Diamond Lee Marshall, who is the girlfriend of Iseman.
During the argument, Iseman produced a 9mm handgun and shot his mother in the neck. The bullet traveled through her neck, through the rolled up driver’s side window and lodged in the front of a home in the 300 block of east Ohio Street where it was later recovered by Clinton Police Detectives. Quimby was transported to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital by ambulance and then flown to Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
She is expected to recover. After conducting a search of the immediate area, Clinton Police located a 9mm handgun in a storm drain very near to where Quimby had stopped her vehicle. It was recovered as evidence. Iseman was placed under arrest for 24 hour investigation of assault in the first degree and transported to the police department where he was interviewed.
Iseman admitted that the weapon was his and to shooting his mother but, he claimed it was an accident and he was only trying to scare her. Iseman was also placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after a bag of suspected methamphetamine was found on his person.
Iseman admitted that the weapon was his and to shooting his mother but, he claimed it was an accident and he was only trying to scare her. Iseman was also placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after a bag of suspected methamphetamine was found on his person.
He is additionally charged with felon in possession of a firearm and armed criminal action. Judge Wayne Strothmann set bond at $100,000 cash or surety and Iseman was incarcerated in the Henry County Detention Center. All parties involved were residents of Eldorado Springs, Missouri.
