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May 31, 2019Cameron, MO |  By: AP/John Coffey

Two injured and one dead after high-speed gun battle

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says one person died and two others were injured after a high-speed gun battle involving a patrol trooper.

Patrol Sgt. Jake Angle says troopers responded Friday morning to reports that someone driving on Interstate 35 was shooting from a car and had hit two motorists in separate vehicles. The shootings occurred 6 miles south of Cameron.

Angle says the suspect fired at the pursuing patrol car and a trooper returned fire about ten miles north of Cameron.

"About a mile or two later, the vehicle ran off the right side of the road and overturned.  As the trooper approached the vehicle, they could see the driver was pinned underneath the vehicle."

The male suspect was found dead.   Angle says it wasn't immediately clear if the man died from gunfire or the crash.
The two motorists who were shot were taken to hospitals and are expected to survive.   Angle says the trooper wasn't injured.