The call came in about 9:20 p.m. and two women could be heard screaming in the background at the home in Clinton off of the 300 block of Grandriver near Water Street, Sgt. Bill Lowe of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stated When Clinton Police Department officers rushed to the scene, gunfire erupted.
The shooter barricaded himself in the home, leading to a standoff that ended when the SWAT team entered and found him dead just after midnight early Wednesday, Lowe said.
One officer was fatally shot inside the home, he said. Two other officers are in stable condition and undergoing treatment for gunshot wounds — one in the arm and the other in the shoulder, he said.
The identities of the three officers are being withheld pending the notification of the next-of-kin.
Lowe said they believe they know who the shooter is, but will not release any information until they “are positive” about his identity.
It’s unclear how he died or what his relationship was to the women. The women were not injured, Lowe said.
Mid America Live News will update when more information is made available to us from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
