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
H113017
November 30, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Officer-Involved Shooting--Cameron Police Department
At approximately 11:16 a.m., November 30, 2017, the Cameron Police Department received a call at 913 East Third Street reference a disturbance involving a suspect threatening to take his own life. When Cameron officers arrived at the scene, the suspect fired at them, at which time a Cameron police officer returned fire. The suspect, Clinton Shane Lee, 39, of Cameron. Missouri, was fatally wounded in the shooting incident. The Clinton County Coroner is involved in the investigation and has requested an autopsy be conducted.
The Cameron Police Department requested that 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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