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

Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt-St. Joseph, MO 64506


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Jacob P. Angle
(816)387-2345, ext. 3847
H112915
November 29, 2015

EMPHASIS: Officer Involved Shooting--Troop H

On November 29, 2015, at approximately 10:18 a.m., the Missouri State Highway Patrol along with the Dekalb County Sheriff's Department responded to a domestic disturbance at U.S. Highway 36 and Thorton Road in Dekalb County. Officers made contact with a white male suspect armed with a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon. The suspect pointed the weapon at officers at which time officers fired their weapons and fatally wounded the suspect.
The identity of the suspect is not being released at this time. Troopers from the Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Dekalb County Sheriff's Department continue to investigate.
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