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
H22017
February 20, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Officer-Involved Shooting--St Joseph Police Department
At approximately 2:37 a.m., February 20, 2017, a St Joseph Police Officer was involved in a shooting incident at the intersection of 20th Street and Charles Street in St Joseph, Missouri. The suspect, Jason Fanning, 27, from St. Joseph. Missouri, was fatally wounded in the shooting incident. An autopsy has been scheduled for the afternoon of February 20, 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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