Just Sad: Deputies Take Down Armed Man Trying "Suicide by Cop" in Missouri!

Detective Howard Brickner and Corporal Lynn Bays narrowly averted a suicide by cop scenario earlier this year with determination and quick thinking, according to Pulaski County Detective Captain Linda Burgess. Marcus Lavender was determined to commit suicide by cop by his own admission, according to the body camera footage provided by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department. Bays’ body camera was on and recorded the entire incident. Lavender was recently sentenced on two charges related to the incident.

He received four years in the Department of Corrections for Unlawful Use of a Weapon and seven years for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, lesser charges he pleaded guilty to instead of the five earlier charges he had pending. Brickner told that he and Bays went to Lavender’s residence for a well-being check call. After arriving, they were warned by dispatch that Lavender had made threatening remarks about trying to shoot any officers that arrived on scene.
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