FEB 20, 2012 FATALITY SHOOTING IN FARMINGTON (Audio)

(Farmington) Authorities shot and killed a fleeing gunman and a deputy was wounded this Monday morning in the parking lot of U.S.A. Drug in Farmington at the corner of Karsch and Washington. The Farmington Police Department received a call just after midnight from a bail bondsman who was trying to apprehend a suspect at an apartment complex in southeast Farmington. The bail bondsman told police that a 32 year old black male of Farmington was baricaded in the complex with a weapon. Farmington Police Chief Rick Baker says Farmington Police arrived shortly after the call...

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Officers from the Farmington Police Department, the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the bail bonding agents all converged at the U.S.A. Drug location after that...

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St. Francois County Sheriff Deputy Don Smith was treated for a minor led wound and is now home.

The St. Francois County coroner's office took the body of the suspect during our live report with Chief Baker shortly after 6:00 this morning on regional radio.

Full interview with Farmington Police Chief Rick Baker...

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