St. Joseph, Missouri - A shooting rampage killed a police officer and the gunman and injured three others near 22nd and Union streets.
A police officer responding to the scene was killed when bullets hit his back window seven times, striking him in the back of the head and killing him. He was identified as Bradley Thomas Arn, a 28-year-old husband and father to two twin daughters.
This is the first time a police officer was fatally shot in the area since 1991. The last officer was shot in 1944.
“They did a good job. They did what they were trained to do”, said Officer Connors. “There is the shocked stage, then the anger stage, then you get over it. It is tough on everybody.”
“One bullet came through and hit the officer in the back of the head. Officers are talking to many friends and officers and they say it’s very new to St Joseph.”, said a substantiate from police named Amy Buckner.
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“I got my cordless phone to the back of the house in the alley and saw an average-sized man with a Mohawk shooting down Calhoon street. When he saw cops he turned and started shooting,” a witness named Liberty said.
Norma Guthrie was going down the street behind a police officer to the store and the bullet went through her window and nicked her husband. It then killed officer Arn according to police.
Police are investigating and conducting an internal interview of the officer who fired the shot.
Witnesses say it was the neighbor of his and he was a little bit odd and off at times.
The department is using fingerprints to identify the shooter who was not carrying any identification. There is no confirmed report as to why he walked two or three streets and started to open fire, police said. There were four confirmed casualties and two fatalities.
Sidebar: There is no information on the funeral yet, but at 10 a.m. tomorrow a press conference will be held by police officers.
Sidebar: Officer Arn can be remembered here.
Sidebar: For a better illustration of where the story took place, look here.
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