A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer at a Missouri convenience store has been taken into custody, authorities say.
Missouri State Highway Patrol released a picture of the slain officer.A suspect accused of fatally shooting a police officer has surrendered outside of a Hermann, Missouri home, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol .
The Missouri State Highway Patrol SWAT team took 35-year-old Kenneth Lee Simpson into custody Monday following the shooting in which a Hermann police officer was killed and another injured.Authorities said that Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith died from his injuries and that the other officer was in serious but stable condition.
The shooting took place on Sunday evening at a convenience store in Hermann, according to police, which issued an alert that officers were shot and a suspect fled the scene.Via The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Twitter page"Hermann Police Department Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith will never be forgotten, and Missouri will always be grateful," Parsons
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