Updated at 1:14 p.m.: A man wanted in conjunction with incidents at Rolla and Fort Leonard Wood is in police custody. The arrest occurred about 15 miles south of Rolla near Yancey Mills. Licking officers were alerted to be watching for the vehicle.
The suspect was reported to have been shot in the hand.
Release from Rolla Police Department: At approximately 8:36 a.m. a male identified as Cody Nathaniel Willcoxon was seen at the entrance gate at Fort Leonard Wood with an AK-47.
After being questioned by FLW military police the suspect fled the scene and was pursued by members of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department and St. Robert Police Department in a silver passenger car.
The suspect then began to shoot at the pursuing officers, and he headed east on I-44. Spike strips were set up on I-44 which resulted in the suspect exiting at the Rolla 184 exit. The suspect then began shooting at Rolla police officers and members of the Phelps County Sheriff’s Dept. as they pursued him.
The suspect then drove through several areas in Rolla where he continued shooting at officers. The suspect vehicle stopped near McNutt Hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology near University Drive/U.S. 63. The suspect fled from his vehicle on foot with a long rifle. A perimeter was established by law enforcement officers around McNutt Hall and the building was cleared by law enforcement officers.
Several minutes later the suspect broke into an occupied residence in the 1000 block of Crinoidal Court. The suspect demanded the keys to the resident’s car and stole it. He later fled the scene in the stolen car and since that time neither he nor the car has been located.
The stolen car is identified as:
2003 Ford Taurus
Charcoal gray in color
MO License ROLLAB (The license plate is a Rotary Club International personalized license plate)
The vehicle has several stickers on the back window (American Flag, Air Evac and Rotary Club International)
Earlier: The campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla remains in lockdown mode after a man who fired shots near campus entered a Missouri S&T building around 8:45 a.m. today.
No shots were fired on campus and no injuries to on-campus students, faculty and staff were reported.
As of 10:15 a.m. today, the suspect, a white male, is still at large and was last seen near White Columns Drive, a residential area northwest of campus across Interstate 44.
The suspect was last seen wearing a blue-and-white T-shirt and may be bleeding from one hand.
Missouri S&T issued a lockdown alert at around 8:40 a.m. after the suspect had entered McNutt Hall, which houses classrooms, offices and laboratories. The suspect soon exited the building and traveled on foot north of campus.
Police recovered a firearm near McNutt Hall.
All university students, faculty and staff are to remain in their buildings until Missouri S&T Police issue an all-clear. Individuals off-campus are asked to remain away from campus until the all-clear has been issued.
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