MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop B Headquarters - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, Missouri 63552
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Eric F. Brown
(660) 385-2132
July 13, 2017
B17055
EMPHASIS:
Arrest Following Investigation Of Officer-Involved Shooting In Brookfield
As a result of an investigation of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 2, 2017, in Brookfield, Missouri, Jason R. Buckallew, 39, of Brookfield, Missouri, was arrested on a Linn County felony warrant for the following felony charges: assault first degree─serious physical injury or special victim and armed criminal action. Charges stem from a pursuit on July 2, 2017, when the Brookfield Police Department began a pursuit on South Main Street, near Helm Street. Buckallew was operating an all-terrain vehicle that had been observed driving in a careless manner. In the 300 block of East Sedgwick, the ATV entered private property and turned around. A Brookfield police officer had exited his vehicle and was on foot, attempting to contact the driver of the ATV. The ATV then struck the Brookfield police officer. The police officer discharged his department-issued handgun striking the suspect two times. Both Buckallew and the police officer were transported for medical treatment.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Divison of Drug and Crime Control investigated the use of force. The Patrol turned over all of the applicable evidence to the Adair County Prosecuting Attorney, who was appointed to review the use of force by the Brookfield police officer.
The charges for which Buckallew was 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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