Highway closed after officer involved shooting and death investigation
CRYSTAL City, Mo. (KBSI) – Deputies are investigating after a shooting incident.
According to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Highway 61/67 remains closed in both directions south of Highway A all the way to the American Legion Drive/Highway 61 intersection as investigators continue their work at the scene of an officer-involved shooting and death investigation.
Sources say it will likely remain closed until around 9:00 tonight.
Please avoid the area and expect detours.
Update:
According to Jefferson County Sheriff Marshak officers with the Crystal City Police Department responded to a shooting incident at a White Castle.
Officers arrived on scene and located the suspect in a black pickup truck.
Officers attempted to make contact with the suspect who then attempted to flee.
As the suspect attempted to make a getaway his pickup truck then crashed into a center median near the 700 block of Veterans Boulevard.
