Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith: End of Watch Sunday, March 12, 2023

Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith was shot and killed at Casey's Convenience Store at 811 Market Street in Hermann around 9:30 pm.

Sergeant Griffith and another officer were responding to a disturbance at a convenience store. When the officers arrived, a shootout occurred. Both officers were shot. One officer is in serious but stable condition. Sergeant Griffith succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.

The subject shot both officers and fled the scene. He has a long history of criminal charges, and there is a warrant for his arrest for not showing up to court in 2022. He barricaded himself in a home near the shooting and was taken into custody the next day at 2 pm by the Missouri Highway Patrol SWAT team.

ODMP: https://www.odmp.org/officer/26654-detective-sergeant-mason-griffith
MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-was-everything-to-everyone-communities-mourn-loss-of-detective-sgt-mason-griffith-after-hermann-shooting/ar-AA18AlDk
Suspect Arrested: https://youtu.be/15chP2O2BLw