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Herschel Turner (courtesy of KSDK.com)
A St. Louis police officer was shot in the neck just after midnight Dec. 3 in the 1600 block of North Broadway Avenue while responding to a call. Two days later, on Saturday, a Moline Acres police sergeant died after he was struck by another police car during a traffic stop. The officer who was shot is expected to recover.
Moline Acres Police Sgt. Herschel Turner had stopped a reportedly stolen car around 12:20 a.m., Saturday, at Chambers Road and Lance Avenue in Moline Acres, police told Fox 2. Bellefontaine Neighbors police officers came to assist the sergeant and thatâs when a patrol car struck Turner.Â