{"id":8318,"date":"2025-02-15T15:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/?p=8318"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:33:32","slug":"so-sad-officer-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/so-sad-officer-carson\/","title":{"rendered":"So sad, Officer Carson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A police officer and a mother of six, Phylicia Carson, died on duty, leaving her husband and children behind.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Carson, a member of the Osage Beach Police Department in Missouri, was on patrol when she spotted a vehicle speeding down a rural road in Camden County near the Lake of the Ozarks on August 31, 2024.\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cThe officer activated its emergency equipment and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle,\u201d police Chief Todd Davis said in a\u00a0<a rel='\"noreferrer' noopener href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/watch?v=U-ZF5UlYV7A&amp;t=131s%5C%22" target='\"_blank\"'>press conference. He added that the vehicle \u201cfailed to stop and accelerated,\u201d forcing Carson to go after the car.\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, as the pursuit progressed, officer Carson\u2019s vehicle skidded off the roadway, struck into a tree, and caught on fire. The mom-of-six was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cOfficer Carson perished in the crash,\u201d chief Davis said during the press conference. \u201cPlease keep the Carson family, our Department, and our community in your thoughts and prayers as we work through this tragic event,\u201d he continued.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/boreddaddy.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-1.webp?ezimgfmt=rs:363x381%5C/rscb2%5C/ng:webp%5C/ngcb2%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-71634\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>The speeding driver, later identified as 23-year-old Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer, also crashed minutes later on State Highway A. He was taken into custody and was charged with aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle, causing a death.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n</p><p>He remains held in Camden County Jail without bond, awaiting further legal proceedings.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/boreddaddy.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-3.webp?ezimgfmt=rs:363x265%5C/rscb2%5C/ng:webp%5C/ngcb2%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-71632\"\/'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Suspect Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer\n\n\n\n<p>Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Richelle Grosvenor spoke of the case and&nbsp;<a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.ozarksfirst.com%5C/news%5C/osage-beach-police-officer-killed-in-crash-during-vehicle-pursuit%5C/%5C%22">said, \u201cRest assured, your Camden County Prosecutor\u2019s Office is going to review the facts.\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to charge appropriately and we are going to pursue this with the resources that we have.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><h3 class='\"wp-block-heading\"'>The Missouri State Highway Patrol paid their tributes to Officer Carson on&nbsp;<em><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/x.com%5C/MSHPTrooperGHQ%5C/status%5C/1829915089895333922%5C%22">X.\n\n\n\n<p id='\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\"'>\u201cOn behalf of Colonel Eric T. Olson and the entire Missouri State Highway Patrol, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Osage Beach Police Officer Phylicia Carson, who lost her life in the line of duty this morning.\n\n\n\n</p><p id='\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\"'>\u201cWe also extend condolences to Chief Todd Davis and the men and women who she served alongside at the Osage Beach Police Department,\u201d the post added.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"Osage' beach police officer killed in crash during vehicle pursuit width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/zrkRjrm6HlM?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n<figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>We are so very sorry for this tragic loss.<br>Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>A police officer and a mother of six, Phylicia Carson, died on duty, leaving her husband and children behind. 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