Why does Missouri have so many murders, Jow Forums? It has the second-highest murder rate in America of any state, after Louisiana.
>Man charged in 'execution' of North County Cooperative officer
>A North Carolina man with a lengthy criminal history fatally shot a North County Police Cooperative officer responding a report of a bad check inside a Wellston market Sunday, police said.
>North County Cooperative Police Officer Michael Langsdorf was called to Clay’s Wellston Food Market in the 6200 block of Page shortly after 4:30 p.m. after receiving a report of someone cashing a bad check.
>After arriving at the scene, the 40-year-old officer was confronted by the suspect, identified as Bonette Kymbrelle Meeks... Martin said the bullet struck Officer Langsdorf in the neck, traveled to his spinal cord and out his front chest. The officer was then rushed to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 5:15 p.m....
>According to police, Meeks has been convicted of multiple felonies in North Carolina. The 26-year-old suspect was not injured during the incident.
