CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of three Missouri police officers (all times local):
11:10 a.m.
Authorities say a 37-year-old man is the suspect in a shooting that killed one Missouri police officer and wounded two other officers.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the suspect in a tweet Wednesday as James Waters, of Clinton. He was found dead early Wednesday in a Clinton home where the officers were shot hours earlier while trying to apprehend him.
The suspect in the killing of Clinton, MO, Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton has been identified as James E. Waters, 37, from Clinton. #ClintonPD
— MSHP Troop A (@MSHPTrooperA) March 7, 2018
The slain Clinton officer was identified as 30-year-old Christopher Ryan Morton. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries, and the other has minor injuries.
Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg says the officers went to the home in Clinton on Tuesday night in response to a 911 call in which a disturbance could be heard. Clinton is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.
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8:30 a.m.
Authorities say a Missouri police officer killed in a shooting that wounded two other officers served with “distinction.”
The Missouri State Highway Patrol tweet ed Wednesday that Christopher Ryan Morton was a full-time Clinton police officer from February 2015 through January 2017, when he temporarily became a reserve officer. He returned to full-time duty last September, one month after another Clinton officer was shot and killed.
Morton was fatally shot Tuesday night while trying to apprehend a suspect at a home. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries and the other has minor injuries. The patrol says a SWAT team entered the home early Wednesday but found the suspect dead.
Clinton, with about 8,800 residents, is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.
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8 a.m.
Authorities say a man shot and killed a police officer and wounded two others at a home in Missouri.
Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg says the officers went to the home in Clinton on Tuesday night in response to a 911 call in which a disturbance could be heard.
Clinton, MO, Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, served with distinction for the citizens of Clinton as a full-time Police Officer from 2/12/2015 until 1/10/2017. He stayed with the department as reserve officer until he returned again to full time duty 9/24/2017. #ClintonPD pic.twitter.com/3XCzgL5kUK
— MSHP Troop A (@MSHPTrooperA) March 7, 2018
The patrol says shots were fired at the officers soon after they arrived at the home at around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton was fatally shot while trying to apprehend the suspect. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries and the other has minor injuries.
The patrol says a SWAT team entered the home at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday but found the suspect dead.
Stosberg says the cause of the suspect’s death is under investigation. A woman also was taken into custody at the home.
Clinton is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.
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CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — Officials say a police officer was killed and two other officers injured after responding to a Missouri residence.
Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said during a news conference that the Clinton County 911 center received a call Tuesday evening at 9:20 where two women could be heard screaming in the background. Clinton Police officers responded.
Update – Officer Involved Shooting in Clinton, Missouri: Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, 30, was shot and killed in the line of duty on March 6, 2018. #ClintonPD #UltimateSacrifice
— MSHP Troop A (@MSHPTrooperA) March 7, 2018
Shortly after their arrival Lowe says the officers were shot at by the suspect from inside the residence. Lowe says officers went inside in an attempt to apprehend the suspect who then fatally shot one officer and wounded the others. They were transported to a hospital for treatment. Their conditions weren’t immediately known.
Lowe says a SWAT team entered the residence but found the suspect dead at 12:10 a.m.
No further details were released.