Opinion ID: 1434436
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Police, Investigators, and Medical Personnel[6]

Text: Officer Durrell Hayes (Officer Hayes) and Deputy Sheriff Billy Woodall (Deputy Woodall) went to 108 North Martin Luther King Drive to arrest Armstrong, Solomon, Antwon, and Tyreese, for their suspected involvement in the shootings. Officer Hayes and Deputy Woodall testified that during the arrest, shots were fired from outside the house, hitting Officer Hayes in the chest. Emerson Branch, a relative of the McGees, was later tried and convicted of shooting Officer Hayes. Deputy Sheriff Len Welsh (Deputy Welsh) was also involved in the shooting investigation and reported on the evidence collected during the investigation. Deputy Welsh described how a .32 caliber bullet was removed from Officer Hayes, and a .32 caliber bullet was found on Carlos's gurney. Andy Wagoner (Wagoner) is a firearms and tool marks examiner at the Southeast Missouri Regional Crime Laboratory. In addition to the .32 caliber bullet found on Carlos's gurney, Wagoner testified another.32 caliber bullet was removed from Carlos during an autopsy. Wagoner testified the bullet on Carlos's gurney and the bullet removed from Carlos's body were fired from the same gun. Wagoner concluded the bullet removed from Officer Hayes was fired from a different gun than the bullets identified with Carlos because Carlos's two bullets had class characteristics that [were] six lands and grooves inclined to the left, and the bullet taken from Officer Hayes had class characteristics that [were] five lands and grooves inclined to the right. No gun was ever recovered and the gunshot residue tests performed on Armstrong, Solomon, Antwon, and Tyreese, proved inconclusive.