A police officer was killed, and two officers were wounded Tuesday in at least two exchanges of gunfire with a suspect in Missouri, who was also killed, authorities said.
Joplin assistant police Chief Brian Lewis said the officers had responded to a disturbance around 1:30 p.m. outside a store at the Northpark Crossing shopping center in Joplin, about 150 miles south of Kansas City. Shots were exchanged, and two of the officers were injured, Lewis said.
As for the injured officers, one was in critical condition, while the other was in serious but stable condition, police said. Three Joplin police officers were shot in Joplin, Missouri, on Tuesday afternoon Jenkins said an officer came down the street and stopped in front of a van that the suspect was later using as cover.
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