A police detective and an official with the U.S. Marshals Service are recovering after being shot by a suspect near Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
The officers went to an apartment in Poplar Bluff Thursday to arrest a man wanted on a warrant. When the officers entered the apartment, the suspect began shooting.
Poplar Bluff detective Corey Mitchell was struck in the arm. He was taken to a hospital with what authorities describe as non-life-threatening injuries.
The US Marshall’s body armor stopped bullets from causing injury.
After the shootings the suspect barricaded himself inside the apartment with a woman. He surrendered after a short standoff.
