By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento church is the latest site of mourning over the death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark at the hands of police last week, with family, friends and strangers gathering Wednesday for his public wake. Some attendees wore black shirts calling for justice, while one woman held up…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A dying Missouri officer said over the police radio that he had been shot multiple times and didn’t think he could make it through the window of a home from which two other wounded officers managed to escape. Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton is heard saying “I don’t know if…
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Los Angeles have arrested a man they suspect made a hoax emergency call that resulted in a SWAT police officer fatally shooting a man at the door of his own home in Kansas, law enforcement officials said Saturday. Wichita Deputy Police…
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a woman has been wounded in an officer-involved shooting in central Missouri. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that the shooting happened around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday after Boonville police began pursuing a vehicle. The post says the fleeing driver kept going after gunfire erupted in…
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of shooting two St. Louis police officers in north county who were saved by their bulletproof vests is hospitalized with a gunshot wound of his own after a lengthy standoff with police. St. Louis County Police say the 37-year-old suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon, more…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of killing a St. Louis County police officer in 2016 will not face the death penalty. A judge on Friday set the first-degree murder trial for 19-year-old Trenton Forster for Feb. 4, 2019. Forster is accused in the shooting death of 33-year-old officer Blake Snyder. Prosecutor Robert McCulloch…
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say an Arnold police officer who was shot in the head by a handcuffed burglary suspect is undergoing a second surgery in an attempt to save his life. Arnold police posted on Facebook Thursday afternoon that 44-year-old Ryan O’Connor was in “very critical condition.” The post also said “We are…
Arnold, MO (KTRS) The BackStoppers is stepping up to help after an Arnold police officer was shot in the line of duty. Officer Ryan O’Connor suffered life-threatening injuries while transporting a burglary suspect to the Arnold Police Department on Tuesday afternoon. Officials with BackStoppers immediately came to the aid of O’Connor’s family with an initial $5,000…
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — A man suspected of shooting a police officer in Jefferson County has died from what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say 29-year-old Chad Klahs of Arnold died Tuesday after shooting Arnold, Missouri, officer Ryan O’Connor in the head. O’Connor was taking the suspect to the police station for booking…
ARNOLD, MO (AP) An Arnold police officer is in surgery after being shot by a suspect inside a police vehicle, apparently with a gun police failed to confiscate. The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon. Police say 44-year-old officer Ryan O’Conner was shot in the head and is undergoing surgery at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. Police were called…