Mo. Police Officer Killed During SWAT Raid to Serve Warrant

Sikeston Police Officer Henry Franklin was fatally shot as a SWAT unit tried to serve a warrant in a homicide investigation at a Mississippi County home.

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Joe Vince

Oct. 8, 2025

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Sikeston Department of Public Safety Officer Henry Franklin, 41, was fatally shot Monday while serving a homicide warrant in Mississippi County.
The suspect opened fire on a SWAT team and later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hourslong standoff.
Franklin, a 12-year department veteran, K-9 handler, and Army National Guard member, is survived by his wife and four children.

Sikeston, MO, Police Officer Henry Franklin was fatally shot Monday during a SWAT raid to serve a warrant in a homicide investigation at a Mississippi County home.

A Missouri police officer was killed Monday while serving a warrant.

Henry Franklin, an officer with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, was part of a SWAT unit conducting a raid at a Mississippi County home to serve a warrant in a homicide investigation, KSDK-TV reports. He fatally shot when a suspect opened fire from inside the house.

Authorities continued to negotiated with the suspect for hours until a Missouri State Highway Patrol SWAT unit arrived. When that team entered the house, members found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“Our department has suffered an unimaginable loss,” Public Safety Director James McMillen said in a statement. “We ask that you keep Franklin’s family and our department in your prayers.”

Franklin, 41, had been with the department since June 2013. He had served as a K-9 handler and had been a member of the Army National Guard.

Franklin is survived by his wife and four children.

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