WARRENSBURG — Investigators made a pair of arrests, including one Tuesday evening in Sedalia, in the shooting death of Warrensburg nightclub owner William “Blaine” Whitworth.
Whitworth, 25, was found shot to death in front of his home at 9:30 p.m. Saturday after Warrensburg Police Department officers responded to a “shots fired” call in an east-side Warrensburg neighborhood.
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