Shootings injured 2 before high speed chase with Missouri trooper led to fatal crash
One person was killed and two others were wounded in a series of shootings and a rollover crash that happened early Friday, according to authorities.
The incident began around 7 a.m. when Missouri Highway Patrol received a call that a northbound motorist on Interstate 35, near Cameron, had fired shots from his car and had wounded people in separate vehicles, according to Sgt. Jake Angle, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
The responding trooper picked up the shooter speeding north on I-35 and tried to pull him over. The driver refused to stop and fired several shots at the trooper, who returned gunfire, Angle said.
The pursuit ended moments later when the shooter lost control of his car, rolled over and crashed. The driver was found pinned beneath his car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators are waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine how the man died. His name is being withheld until relatives have been notified.
Investigators have not determined why the man was shooting at the other vehicles, Angle said.
The two victims who were shot were treated at hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries. Angle said the trooper was not harmed during the incident.
This story was originally published May 31, 2019 at 2:27 PM.
