“Please be present, show up, engage, and let the nation and world see, just like after our tornado, how we respond to tragedy as a community,” Joplin Mayor Ryan Stanley said earlier this week – referencing a disastrous tornado that killed 160 people and left the town in shambles in 2011. Joplin is in the southwestern corner of Missouri near that state’s border with Kansas and Oklahoma Arkansas is less than an hour to the south. Support for the dead and wounded officers and their families is abundant in the medium-sized town of some 50,000 residents. It’s unclear what prompted the violence but shots were quickly fired as the situation deteriorated. when officers responded to a reported disturbance at Northpark Crossing shopping center. Officials have, however, described the initial law enforcement interaction as routine. Information about Felix is currently scarce, and the police department is keeping mum. While those “challenges” are substantial and health problems are likely, Rowland added, Hirshey is expected to survive. The ailing officer faces several surgeries over the next several days, the police chief said, and is currently in serious but stable condition. Hirshey, Rowland noted, retired three months prior to the crime spree after some 20 years on the force but had just come back to work in a limited fashion as part of a so-called “crime free” team. “If not for Captain Davis’s actions, additional officers and citizens could have been killed,” the police chief said. The police chief singled out Hirshey’s efforts as an attempt to try and “end this violent rampage.”Īfter that, Felix was shot and finally killed by Captain William Davis, according to Chief Rowland, who noted that Davis’s actions were taken outside of cover while he was exposed to potential gunfire. Felix then shot Hirshey in the face through his windshield, police say. After that, police say, the shooter attempted to steal another car but was found by Officer Rick Hirshey, who tried to use his patrol car to stop the second theft. Police say Felix shot Reed and Cooper, stole a patrol car, and tried to escape - but he quickly crashed the vehicle.
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