Video Shows Mo. Trooper's Body Armor Stop Bullet in Shootout

A double homicide suspect opened fire after crashing into a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper’s cruiser, striking the trooper’s vest during a deadly close‑range exchange caught on video.
May 8, 2026
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  • Dashboard and body camera footage shows a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper surviving a close‑range 2025 shooting after a ballistic vest stopped a round to his upper chest.
  • The June 17 incident unfolded after a trooper located a suspected double homicide suspect following a pursuit that began with a motorcycle stop and ended in a near head‑on crash.
  • The suspect opened fire during the confrontation and was fatally shot by the trooper, who suffered only minor injuries.

Recently released dashboard and body camera footage captured a ballistic vest saving a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper's life in a scary close-range 2025 shootout with a double homicide suspect.

The incident happened June 17 when Concordia police tried to stop a 23-year-old man, identified as Francis Alcantar-Chavez, accused of killing his mother and her husband Taylor, Arizona, KMBC-TV reported at the time. Alcantar-Chavez was on a motorcycle, but police lost sight of him in Saline County.

After about an hour, a Missouri trooper spotted Alcantar-Chavez on a rural road. The suspect crashed nearly head-on with the trooper's cruiser.

When the trooper went to apprehend Alcantar-Chavez, the suspect drew a handgun and began shooting. The trooper returned fire, and Alcantar-Chavez was fatally shot.

The violent confrontation was caught on the trooper's dashboard camera, and the two were only a short distance from one another when the shooting began. Footage from another body camera shows where the trooper had been shot in the upper chest, but his body armor stopped the round.

The trooper suffered only minor injuries in the incident.

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Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.
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