Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Chief Jeremy Ihler said the officer who struck and killed Sgt. Turner is “mentally broken.”
Officers responded to a disturbance call. While they searched for the person who was causing the disturbance, they saw a muzzle flash from a shotgun.
Two officers with the Peculiar (MO) Police Department who were shot and wounded are expected to fully recover from injuries sustained during a gun battle on Saturday night.
Chief John Hayden said Tuesday he hopes that the recent removal of the residency requirement for his department will help generate a net increase of about 100 officers over the next year.
An Officer with the St. Louis Police Department who was shot during a traffic stop over the weekend is now listed in stable condition and is expected to fully recover from his wounds.
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday to lay to rest a Missouri police officer who was fatally shot in the line of duty when he and other officers were ambushed while responding to a call of shots fired in the area.
St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden says his department is currently down 145 officers and that the residency requirement is the greatest challenge his department has with recruitment and retention.
Officials with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said Officer Tamarris Bohannon responded to a shooting call Saturday when a man shot him in the head. Bohannon was taken to a hospital and died from his injuries on Sunday.
Ann Dorn—whose husband was David Dorn—used the time before the audience to support President Donald Trump's call to use federal officers to fight crime in cities.
The unidentified officer was shot in the arm about midnight Sunday and transported to a nearby hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery.