MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, Mo. 65793
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G - 090219
September 30, 2019
EMPHASIS:
Mountain View Officer-Involved Shooting
Investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control are assisting the Mountain View, Missouri, Police Department, with a shooting investigation involving one of their officers. At around 11:30 p.m. on September 29, 2019, an officer with the Mountain View Police Department initiated a pursuit with a vehicle in Mountain View, which was concluded after the pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle. A short time later, the officer drove up on the suspect vehicle sitting in a ditch on Howell County Road 3080, west of Mountain View. The officer approached the vehicle on foot and contacted the driver. The driver reportedly backed the vehicle out of the ditch into a private drive, then sped toward the officer. The Mountain View officer discharged his duty weapon fatally wounding the driver. The investigation is ongoing.
The deceased person is identified as Angela Louise Perkins, 38, of Cotter, Arkansas.
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