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
H32018
March 20, 2018
EMPHASIS:
Arrests Following Officer-Involved Shooting In Daviess County
Two arrests have been made as a result of the investigation into the March 19 officer-involved shooting in Daviess County.
The driver, Elmer Martin Sorrell, 52, of High Ridge, Missouri, was arrested on a Daviess County felony warrant for the following felony charges: assault first degree-serious physical injury or special victim, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, stealing
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firearm, stealing
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$750 or more, resisting/interfering with arrest.
The passenger, Lisa Ann Legge, 55, of Washington, Missouri, has been arrested for the following charges: armed robbery 1st degree, burglary 1st degree, felony stealing.
The charges stem from a home invasion on March 19, 2018, which occurred in Ridgeway, Missouri, in Harrison County. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department provided a description of a vehicle involved in the incident and advised the suspect vehicle was southbound on Interstate 35. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper observed a vehicle matching the suspect vehicle’s description southbound on Interstate 35. While attempting to overtake the suspect vehicle, the trooper observed the vehicle exit Interstate 35 and travel westbound on Missouri Route N in Daviess County. The trooper overtook the suspect vehicle and observed it slide through the intersection of Route N and U.S. Highway 69 and crash into a ditch. Preliminary investigation indicated the male driver (Sorrell) and a female occupant (Legge) fled the vehicle with the trooper pursuing on foot. Sorrell fired shots at the trooper. The trooper returned fire striking Sorrell, who was subsequently taken into custody. Legge was apprehended a short time later.
Sorrell is in stable condition and guarded at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. Legge is incarcerated at the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department.
The charges for which Sorrell and Legge were arrested are mere accusations and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
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