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STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. – A Missouri police officer was in surgery for hours Monday following an attack that left him with second- and third-degree burns.
Pete Unverferth was airlifted to the hospital last week after a suspect lit a Molotov cocktail and threw at him.
Unverferth, 36, was responding to a noise complaint call. The suspect, Tyson Heise, 34, has been charged with knowingly injuring the officer. He is in custody, Fox 2 reported.
Tyson Heise (Ste. Genevieve Police)
“There are no Mayberry RFDs anymore. This is a 4,500-person community where this happened. And it can happen anywhere,” Ste. Genevieve Police Chief Eric Bennett said.