FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a Marble Hill, Missouri, man during an alleged sexual assault at Amidon Conservation Area.
According to a Patrol report, the unnamed trooper shot Ronnie Walker, 58, after responding to the call of the assault. According to emergency communications, Walker had a knife during the assault.
Walker died at the scene.
The matter is under investigation by the Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control.
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