Woman allegedly shot by Missouri cops 5 times while fleeing suspected carjacking
Missouri cops allegedly shot a woman five times as she tried to flee her arrest for a suspected armed carjacking — but on Tuesday denied initial reports that she had been unarmed and pregnant.
Leonna Hale, 26, had been filmed laying in a pool of blood Friday night after being shot in Kansas City by officers responding to reports of an armed carjacking, officials confirmed to KCTV.
Later Tuesday — nearly four full days after the shooting — investigators started denying the most troubling claims, that she had been pregnant and unarmed.
“Yes, she was armed with a handgun, holding the gun in her hand,” Sgt. Andy Bell of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the agency investigating the officer-involved shooting, told The Star.
However, the force was unable to confirm if she had pointed the gun at officers before the shooting, which was captured on more than one body cam, Bell told the paper.
Well I bet she won't be doing that again anytime soon.
Missouri cops allegedly shot a woman five times as she tried to flee her arrest for a suspected armed carjacking — but on Tuesday denied initial reports that she had been unarmed and pregnant.
Leonna Hale, 26, had been filmed laying in a pool of blood Friday night after being shot in Kansas City by officers responding to reports of an armed carjacking, officials confirmed to KCTV.
Later Tuesday — nearly four full days after the shooting — investigators started denying the most troubling claims, that she had been pregnant and unarmed.
“Yes, she was armed with a handgun, holding the gun in her hand,” Sgt. Andy Bell of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the agency investigating the officer-involved shooting, told The Star.
However, the force was unable to confirm if she had pointed the gun at officers before the shooting, which was captured on more than one body cam, Bell told the paper.
Well I bet she won't be doing that again anytime soon.
