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Douglas Co. sheriff kills man

woman who fled from scene is in custody

Sheriff Chris Degase says the man threatened him with an unspecified weapon.

August 30, 2012|by Gene Hartley | ghartley@schurz.com
  • Sheriff Chris Degase shot a man who was in this broken down car, after he says the man attacked him with a weapon.
Sheriff Chris Degase shot a man who was in this broken down car, after he says the man attacked him with a weapon.

RED BANK, Mo. -- Crystal Prock, who fled from the scene of a deadly shooting by the Douglas County sheriff, was arrested on Thursday evening.  She was at a relative's house who lived close to the scene.

The shooting was about 8:30 a.m.  Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase got a call from a homeowner who was worried about a man and a woman working on a disabled maroon car in front of the homeowner's home on Douglas County Road 542.  As Degase questioned the people, he recognized Prock as having a warrant for her arrest. 

Degase said he tried to arrest Prock and she resisted.  During the struggle, Degase said the man, David Phillips, 41, of Hillsdale, Ill., threatened him and moved toward him with an unspecified weapon.  Degase shot him dead.  Prock ran off into the woods.

The Highway Patrol sent an aircraft into the area to try to help officers on the ground find her.  Douglas County sheriff's deputies had help in the search from Christian County sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and Department of Conservation agents.  The search was still underway in the evening.

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Online records show Prock has a history of several crimes including stalking, adult abuse, and theft, as well as numerous traffic violations.  Her most recent charge from 2010 is for stealing, for which she was ordered to make $180 restitution and serve five years of unsupervised probation. 

In June, a judge ordered Prock to be arrested for violating terms of her probation.  State probation and parole officers have filed several reports of probation violations against Prock in the past year.  At least one of the violations was for failing a drug test.

The shooting was near the intersection of Douglas County roads 542, 546 and 548, between Ongo on Highway UU and Red Bank on Highway O at Highway NN.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will investigate the shooting. 

Degase has been sheriff since 2009.

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