News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant D.S. Bracker
(417)895-6767 ext.253
D2008-06
January 26, 2008

EMPHASIS: Suspect Shot By Trooper During Traffic Stop South of Stockton.


On today’s date, January 26, 2008 at approximately 1 a.m. a male subject was shot during the course of a traffic stop, south of Stockton on MO 39.

Just before 1 a.m. a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper initiated a traffic stop on MO 39, south of Stockton. During the course of the traffic stop the subject became uncooperative and combative. A struggle ensued and all efforts to subdue the subject failed. As the altercation escalated the Trooper, in an effort to defend himself, fired his service weapon once striking the subject in the abdomen. Emergency medical personnel were summoned and the suspect was transported, by ambulance, to Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Bolivar, Missouri.

The name of the suspect is being withheld pending charges. The trooper is a ten-year veteran with the Patrol and resides in Cedar County. The trooper was not injured during the altercation. As the investigation develops information will be provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Public Information Division. Any questions regarding this incident please contact Sergeant Dan Bracker at (417) 895-6767 ext. 253, or pager number (417) 863-3031.