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Man accused of killing Missouri officer facing 5 charges

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HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting one officer and wounding another at a small-town Missouri convenience store was charged Tuesday with murder and four other crimes. Prosecutors charged 35-year-old Kenneth Lee Simpson of St. Louis County with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. A judge ordered him held without bond. An arraignment hearing was scheduled for Wednesday. The shooting happened Sunday night at a convenience store in Hermann, a town of 2,100 residents. Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith of the Hermann Police Department died, and Officer Adam Sullentrup is hospitalized in stable condition.Simpson was captured Monday at a home near the store

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