By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 20-year-old St. Joseph man has been charged after pulling a gun on a St. Joseph police officer during a dispute outside a grocery store.
Trevor Szuba has been charged with first-degree assault stemming from the January 31st confrontation outside Price Chopper off of North Belt Highway.
St. Joseph police report in the probable cause statement that Sgt. Jeremy Peters attempted to arrest a woman, later identified as Rachel Downs, for shoplifting. Downs fled the store into the parking lot where the two struggled as a truck pulled up and the driver got out, pointing a gun at the officer. Peters drew his gun and though he fired two shots no one was harmed. Another woman left the store, got in the truck, and the three drove off.
The truck was located later, abandoned in Buchanan County. A search of the truck revealed a live 9mm round on the driver’s floorboard and a receipt for Szuba under the driver’s visor.
Sgt. Peters has returned to full duty following an investigation of the shooting by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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