Missouri Man Charged with Murder in Shooting of Police Officer and Civil Process Server

Larry D. Acree is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing an Independence police officer and a civil process server, while also wounding two other law enforcement officials in Jackson County, Missouri. The incident occurred when the process server went to a home to follow up on an eviction notice, and gunshots were fired upon entry. The suspect was later taken into custody, and the victims were taken to the hospital, where two of them were pronounced dead. The fallen officer is remembered as "one of a kind," leaving behind a wife, two children, and grieving parents.