By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 12, 2017

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A man charged in a fatal shooting outside a Springfield McDonald’s was paroled earlier this year.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that 26-year-old Richard Gaines is jailed without bond on a second-degree murder charge. He’s accused of fatally shooting 28-year-old Zachary Zumwalt last month as Zumwalt was in his car in the restaurant’s parking lot. No attorney is listed for Gaines in online court records.

Authorities say Gaines’ girlfriend told police Gaines had a history of firing his gun into the air when he got intoxicated and did so after they left the restaurant.

Court records say Gaines’ first felony was for striking a man in the head with a branch during a 2008 robbery. He was paroled in January after being convicted of selling drugs to an undercover Springfield detective.

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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com

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