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

Troop I Headquarters, P.O. Box 128, Rolla, Mo. 65402


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Cody H. Fulkerson
(573)368-2345 Ext; 3953
I05A2016
May 19, 2016

EMPHASIS: Trooper-Involved Shooting -- Update


The suspect from the May 18, 2016 trooper-involved shooting near Sullivan, MO, has been identified as Joseph B. Weatherby, 44, of Sullivan.

Weatherby was wanted on a felony warrant for probation violation out of St. Louis County PD, and a misdemeanor warrant for driving while revoked out of Crawford County – Steelville.

An autopsy was scheduled for today in Columbia, MO.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug Crime Control and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate.


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