(AP) – Authorities in southwest Missouri say the suspect in the
shooting of a sheriff’s deputy has been taken into custody after a standoff at a
Joplin motel.
Police Capt. Rusty Rives tells the Joplin Globe the suspect was bleeding when
he emerged from a motel room Wednesday evening but it’s unclear what caused the
injury.
Rives says Jasper County Deputy Nolan Murray was shot in the upper body
Wednesday afternoon at the Econo Lodge while narcotics officers were serving a
search warrant. He says Murray was conscious when he was transported to hospital
and required surgery. Rives didn’t have additional information on Murray’s
condition Wednesday night.
After the shooting, the suspect barricaded himself in a motel room for about
three hours before exiting.
Further details weren’t immediately available.
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