POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) _ A police detective and an official with the U.S.
Marshals Service are recovering after being shot by a suspect in southeast
Missouri.
KFVS-TV reports the officers went to an apartment in Poplar Bluff Thursday
to arrest a man wanted on a warrant. When the officers entered the apartment,
the suspect began shooting.
Poplar Bluff detective Corey Mitchell was struck in the arm. He was taken to a
hospital with what authorities describe as non-life-threatening injuries.
The Marshals Service officer’s body armor stopped bullets from causing injury.
After the shootings the suspect barricaded himself inside the apartment with a
woman. He surrendered after a short standoff. Formal charges have not been
filed.
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