KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED IN A SHOOTOUT AT A CITY HOUSING COMPLEX THAT LEFT A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL INJURED. 30 YEAR OLD SHAMARKUS MASON AND 44 YEAR OLD JOSEPH BEARD ARE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. MASON FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, AND POSSESSION OF ONE-HALF GRAM OR MORE OF COCAINE WITHIN 1-THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL. BEARD FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. THE TWO BECAME INVOLVED IN A SHOOTOUT DURING AN ARGUMENT AT LEE APARTMENTS AUGUST 15TH. MASON POSTED BOND JUST A DAY BEFORE HIS SCHEDULED ARRAIGNMENT AND HAS DISAPPEARED. BEARD’S STILL AWAITING A PRELIMINARY HEARING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON MASON’S WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CALL POLICE.