Photo of suspect.
Posted on 05/12/2011 10:29:20 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
At approximately 8:36 a.m. a male identified as Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon was seen at the entrance gate at Fort Leonard Wood with an AK-47. After being questioned by FLW Military Police the suspect fled the scene, and was pursued by members of the Pulaski County Sheriff's Dept. and St. Robert Police Department in a silver passenger car. The suspect then began to shoot at the pursuing officers, and he headed east on I-44. Spike strips were set up on I-44 which resulted in the suspect exiting at the Rolla 184 Exit. The Suspect then began shooting at Rolla Police Officers and members of the Phelps County Sheriff's Dept. as they pursued him. The suspect then drove through several areas in Rolla where he continued shooting at officers. The suspect vehicle stopped near McNutt Hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology near University Drive/Hwy 63. The suspect fled from his vehicle on foot with a long rifle. A perimeter was established by Law Enforcement Officers around McNutt Hall and the building was cleared by law enforcement officers.
Several minutes later the suspect broke into an occupied residence in the 1000 block of Crinoidal Ct. The suspect demanded the keys to the resident's car and stole it. He later fled the scene in the stolen car and since that time neither he nor the car has been located. The stolen car is identified as:
Stolen Vehicle 2003 Ford Taurus Charcoal Gray in color MO License ROLLAB (The license plate is a Rotary Club International personalized license plate) The vehicle has several stickers on the back window (American Flag, Air Evac, and Rotary Club International)
The MP’s didn’t have loaded weapons?
any idea why they didn't use their patrol cars, the ones with lights and sirens? and take more than one?
Why were the cops in a Silver passenger car? Do reporters even review their work any more? Are all editors brain dead?
"Like a moth to a flame."
Have they told us it’s not terrorism yet?...............
Ahh, great minds think alike.
Don’t know, but I’ll bet not.
At the Defense Language Institute, on the Presidio in Monterey, military patrols are not allowed to have guns on patrol, they hold their hands like they’re holding guns as they patrol. Its ridiculous!
Remember Ft. Hood.
Could they have been off duty?
This report was provided by the Rolla police department, not a newspaper.
A guy with a gun, presumably nothing extraordinary, shows up at a military base and does something he shouldn’t, and people start prancing around like chickens with their head cut off, oh what do we do!
Geez Louise this is a military base ain’t it? I hope at least now they are allowed to defend themselves instead of having to wait on civvie copz.
they will soon as the suspect is not amish ...
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The suspect was wearing a blue and white t-shirt and possibly khaki cargo shorts. The suspect is a caucasian male with sandy blonde hair and may be bleeding from one hand.
Willcoxon is 5’10” and weighs 180 pounds. He is from Oklahoma.
Not even dummy parade guns... how silly.
No.
Yes.
No you wouldn’t want to frighten any foreigners that may be on base.
Shooter on Missouri S&T Campus
Posted Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at 9:38am | UPDATED: May 12, 2011 at 11:16am
The university stated no shots were fired and the shooter, identified as 31 year old Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon, had left the campus.
By Scott Kanowsky
City of Rolla communications officer Scott Grahl said Willcoxon first arrived to the front gate of Fort Leonard Wood army base at 8:36 Thursday morning “armed with an AK-47.”
After being questioned by officials at Fort Leonard Wood, Willcoxon left the area in a “silver car” heading east on I-44 and “shot at” law enforcement officials in pursuit. Grahl said Willcoxon was forced to detour off the road and into Rolla after metal spike strips were put down. Grahl was unable to say if Willcoxon drove over the spikes.
Willcoxon was then pursued by Rolla Police Department officers while shooting and stopped in front of McNutt Hall on the Missouri S&T campus.
From there, Grahl says Willcoxon fled on foot with a “long rifle,” broke into, and drove away in a resident’s car–described by Grahl as a gray 2003 Ford Taurus with the license plate ROLLAB.
Grahl says Willcoxon has not been seen since, however officials are still in pursuit.
Grahl insisted that Willcoxon’s “long rifle” has law enforcement worried the suspect could have “had more than one weapon in his silver vehicle.”
“All I can tell you is at the the subject is still at large and we’re still pursuing him,” an official from the Rolla Police Department said.
The university placed the Missouri S&T campus on lockdown and ordered students to stay indoors.
No injuries have yet been reported.
Missouri S&T and Grahl said the suspect was last seen wearing a blue and white striped t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts, and was bleeding from one hand.
He was last seen on White Columns Dr., a neighborhood north of the Missouri S&T campus, the university said in a press release.
Grahl said Rolla’s mayor, the Chiefs of Police of Rolla and Missouri S&T, and a Missouri Highway Patrol Troop Commander will give further updates at a press conference around 1 pm.
http://www.kbia.org/news/shooter-on-missouri-st-campus
A good ole boy, therefore Bummer will shortly tut-tut about the “terrorist” (even if the actual problem is more like he went nuts on a bad drug trip).
Emergency news and updates
May 12 - 12:04 p.m.
A press conference will be held at the State Highway Patrol, Troop I annex building in Rolla at 1 p.m.
1301 Nagogami Road (Hwy. E)
Rolla, Mo 65401
May 12 - 11:58 a.m.
Release from Rolla Police Department
At approximately 8:36 a.m. a male identified as Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon was seen at the entrance gate at Fort Leonard Wood with an AK-47. After being questioned by FLW Military Police the suspect fled the scene, and was pursued by members of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Dept. and St. Robert Police Department in a silver passenger car. The suspect then began to shoot at the pursuing officers, and he headed east on I-44. Spike strips were set up on I-44 which resulted in the suspect exiting at the Rolla 184 Exit. The Suspect then began shooting at Rolla Police Officers and members of the Phelps County Sheriff’s Dept. as they pursued him. The suspect then drove through several areas in Rolla where he continued shooting at officers. The suspect vehicle stopped near McNutt Hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology near University Drive/Hwy 63. The suspect fled from his vehicle on foot with a long rifle. A perimeter was established by Law Enforcement Officers around McNutt Hall and the building was cleared by law enforcement officers.
Several minutes later the suspect broke into an occupied residence in the 1000 block of Crinoidal Ct. The suspect demanded the keys to the resident’s car and stole it. He later fled the scene in the stolen car and since that time neither he nor the car has been located. The stolen car is identified as:
Stolen Vehicle
2003 Ford Taurus
Charcoal Gray in color
MO License ROLLAB (The license plate is a Rotary Club International personalized license plate)
The vehicle has several stickers on the back window (American Flag, Air Evac, and Rotary Club International)
Photo credit: Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections.
http://ice.mst.edu/images/codywillcoxon.jpg
Suspect:
Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon
Age 31
5’10” 180 pounds
White male
Last seen wearing a blue/white stripe shirt and tan shorts
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. More information will follow.
Not even with the little comic flags that hang out of the barrel of the dummy guns and read “BANG”?
I was there 24 years ago. Is it still an open base? We ran off all kinds of losers when we spotted them trolling through the lots and barracks buildings.
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