BEVIER, Mo. (AP) _ A suspect is hospitalized after being shot by a sheriff’s
deputy in north-central Missouri.
Macon County Sheriff Kevin Shoemaker says a deputy pulled over a pickup truck
for a traffic stop around 4:00 Tuesday morning in the small town of Bevier, about 190
miles northwest of St. Louis.
A news release says a man got out of the passenger side of the pickup with a
rifle and aimed it at the deputy, who fired shots striking the man at least
twice. The driver was secured until other deputies arrived.
The truck’s passenger was taken to a hospital in Columbia. Shoemaker says he
does not know the severity of his injuries.
The deputy was not injured.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating.
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