St. Joseph was subject to a mass shooting last Tuesday, when an unidentified gunman opened fire into the crowds. Police Officer Thomas Bradly Arn was killed in the line of duty, three other police officers and an off duty firefighter were injured.
The Law Enforcement Center said that the last officer shot in the line of duty was in 1944, and the last officer killed in the line of duty was in 1991.
This was the first mass shooting in St. Joseph.
Officer John Smith was shot in 1944 while pursuing an armed robbery suspect. It was a superficial wound. After making the arrest, he was treated at the local hospital and released after two days.
In 1991, Officer Michael O'Brien was killed in a vehicular accident. He had been chasing a suspect in a stolen car. Both O'Brien and the suspect were pronounced dead at the scene.
St. Joseph has not seen any deaths or serious accidents involving the police force since then.
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