Samantha Thrasher- Missouri- 2023 (CAPTURED)

(Above photo credit: kctv5.com via Blue Spring (Missouri) Police Department)

From kmbc.com:

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. —

The Blue Springs, Missouri, Police Department is asking for help to locate a woman accused of shooting a 36-year-old man and a 7-year-old girl.

Police are searching for 24-year-old Samantha J. Thrasher.

Police said an active arrest warrant for first-degree assault has been issued for Thrasher related to an incident that happened at a hotel in the 700 block of Northwest South Outer Road on Saturday, May 20.

In a news release authorities said Thrasher reportedly struck a 36-year-old man multiple times with closed fists before shooting him multiple times. Thrasher then reportedly shot a 7-year-old girl once. The girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Probable cause documents detailing charges in this case say the shooting incident started with a complaint regarding Thrasher's driving.

Witnesses told police they encountered Thrasher as they were walking into the hotel A witness told police that Thrasher nearly struck the group that included both victims as she drove her vehicle up onto the curb in front of the hotel.

A witness told detectives she yelled at Thrasher, and Thrasher yelled back. The witness noted Thrasher had dilated pupils and strange speech. She believed Thrasher was under the influence at the time of the incident.

Thrasher reportedly went into the lobby to demand a refund for her room. A verbal altercation ensued, with Thrasher reportedly grabbing a person identified as Victim #4 by the hair and striking her.

The adult male shooting victim reportedly intervened to try to stop the assault and escorted Thrasher out of the hotel as she swung at him with a closed fist. Police noted security footage from the hotel showed Thrasher returning to her SUV, open the passenger side door, rummaging through something, then producing a handgun.

Thrasher then reportedly returned to the lobby and fired multiple rounds at the male victim.

At the time of the shooting, the child who was shot was leaning over the back of a couch in the hotel lobby. Police noted when Thrasher fired, one of the rounds went through the top of the couch, exited the couch, and passed through the girl's elbow, narrowly missing another person sitting on the couch.

After the shooting, the male victim was in the ICU at an area hospital unable to speak with multiple gunshot wounds. The young girl will need reconstructive surgery to her elbow, and had to have surgery to remove "couch stuffing" from the wound.

Hotel personnel turned over CCTV footage of the full incident to police, along with copies of Thrasher's driver's license which was presented when she checked into the hotel.

Police reviewing that footage noted another adult and a child may have been inside that SUV when Thrasher left the scene.

Thrasher is described as 5'4" tall, weighing around 100 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She may be driving a light brown 2003 Chevy Tahoe.

Thrasher is from Kansas City, Kansas.

Police said if spotted, do not try to apprehend Thrasher yourself. Call 911 immediately. She is believed to be armed and dangerous.

www.kmbc.com/article/blue-springs-missouri-shooting-suspect-samantha-thrasher/44067298#



Thoughts? As of today's posting date (June 2nd, 2023), Thrasher still shows as having an active warrant in Missouri's Case.net records.

www.courts.mo.gov/cnet/cases/newHeader.do?inputVO.caseNumber=2316-CR02312&inputVO.courtId=CT16#docket


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