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
H102417
October 24, 2017
EMPHASIS:
St. Joseph Police Department Officer-Involved Shooting
At approximately 6:18 p.m., October 22, 2017, a St Joseph police officer was involved in a shooting incident at the intersection of 10th Street and Pacific Street in St Joseph, Missouri. The suspect, Baby Girl “Samantha” Hennard, 25, from St. Joseph, Missouri, was fatally wounded in the shooting incident. An autopsy has been scheduled for October 24, 2017.
The St Joseph Police Department has requested the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control conduct the investigation into the officer involved shooting. Next of kin has been notified and the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control continues to investigate.
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