MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Division of Drug and Crime Control - P.O. Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102


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For further information please contact: Sergeant Kevin Hunter
(573) 522-1686
03102015
March 10, 2015

EMPHASIS: Officer-Involved Shooting -- Malden Police Department


The Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Malden, MO.

At approximately 5:18 p.m., Malden police officers responded to the area of Frisco Park for a reported suicidal subject. Officers located the subject on North Douglas Street and found him to be armed with a handgun. As officers arrived on the scene, the subject flourished the handgun at a citizen near a local business. The subject did not comply with the officer's verbal commands to drop the weapon. The subject pointed the handgun at a Malden police officer, at which time he was shot by another Malden officer. No officers were injured during the incident.

The subject, a 48-year-old male from Malden was transported to an area hospital for treatment. Malden Police Department requested the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control to investigate the incident.

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