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Simon_Gruber
10/17/23 9:19:58 AM
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A St. Louis County police officer who is the son of a former top St. Louis County official is facing 11 felony charges after police say that he fired shots Sunday at a Halloween event for elementary school students in Kirkwood.
Matthew McCulloch, 39, is charged with five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count each of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree terrorist threat.
McCulloch has been a St. Louis County police officer since 2017 and is also the son of former St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert "Bob" McCulloch. He is also the nephew of St. Charles County Prosecutor Joe McCulloch.
St. Louis County police Chief Kenneth Gregory released a statement Mondaynearly 24 hours after McCulloch's arreststating that the officer had been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation. He was off-duty at the time of the incident.
Court documents summarize the incident as follows:
At around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, McCulloch began harassing people during a trunk-or-treat event for Tillman Elementary students on the North Kirkwood Middle School campus. Hundreds of parents and children were there.
McCulloch "aggressively approached" several attendees and made statements such as "You are all going to die," according to the documents. At one point, he threatened a woman whose husband then pushed him in the chest and shoved him to the ground.
McCulloch fell "while surrounded by hundreds of children, stood up, pulled up his shirt to display a handgun and badge, then began firing his weapon in an upward direction approximately a dozen times while shouting that the attendees would die," according to court documents.
Kirkwood police confirmed McCulloch was there with his family.
Corey Schonhorst was there with his 8-year-old son.
The main crowd had just started to kind of wander in, Schonhorst recalled.
Schonhorst said McCulloch stood in the middle of the crowd in the parking lot.
He held his gun with a menacing grin on his face and a lifeless look in his eyes and fired five shots and waited for the crowd to react. It was complete chaos. One kid had completely run out of his shoes, Schonhorst said.
Schonhorst said it all happened within 45 seconds.
At the time it seemed like eight, nine minutes," he said. "I mean, it was like time stopped. The scariest thing I can really remember is after those parents tackled him to the ground, he was still smiling."
The parents who tackled him took his gun, Schonhorst said.
The fact that hes a police officer really is a pretty scary thought because who do we turn to now to protect our children?" Schonhorst said.
Schonhorst said he can't forget how McCulloch kept smiling through it all.
Even though nobody was hurt, theres going to be an air of trauma that may not come out in some of these kids for years to come, Schonhorst added.

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Ricemills
10/17/23 9:21:17 AM
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Simon_Gruber posted...
while surrounded by hundreds of children, stood up, pulled up his shirt to display a handgun and badge, then began firing his weapon in an upward direction approximately a dozen times while shouting that the attendees would die

This is terrorism.

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Dark_Arbron
10/17/23 9:21:53 AM
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Hopefully something will actually stick since he was off duty rather than "fearing for his life while arresting a Bad Guy."

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SpawnShadow
10/17/23 9:22:59 AM
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And people wonder why nobody trusts the police anymore (apart from white supremacists and assorted fascists, of course).
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VeggetaX
10/17/23 9:24:17 AM
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Did he get possessed or something?

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Ricemills
10/17/23 9:26:12 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
Did he get possessed or something?

Please don't blame demons on something purely human malice.

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ScazarMeltex
10/17/23 9:32:16 AM
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Dark_Arbron posted...
Hopefully something will actually stick since he was off duty rather than "fearing for his life while arresting a Bad Guy."
According to local news here they are throwing a ton of charges at him.

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Hayame_Zero
10/17/23 9:33:46 AM
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This dude is crazy, even for a cop.

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Dark_Arbron
10/17/23 9:33:59 AM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
According to local news here they are throwing a ton of charges at him.

As long as the defence can't talk the prosecution and judge into dropping or dismissing any of them.

I'd like to think that this should be a slam dunk (since again, there's no "difficult arrest" narrative, this was unprovoked intimidation and endangering of people completely unrelated to his job), but my faith in police being held accountable for anything in the US is zero, so...

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TetsuoS2
10/17/23 9:34:53 AM
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why do these kinds of morons always think bullets don't come down

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Ricemills
10/17/23 9:35:24 AM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
According to local news here they are throwing a ton of charges at him.

That's what it said in the OP, yes.
Matthew McCulloch, 39, is charged with five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count each of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree terrorist threat.

I'm happy that they charged him, i hope the case doesn't mysteriously disappeared because he's the son former top police official.

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texanfan27
10/17/23 9:35:29 AM
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Drunk, under the influence of drugs, untreated mental disorder? Its a hell of swing of personality from sounds of it. So outside the third option (possibly) the charges should stick.

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DKBananaSlamma
10/17/23 9:35:30 AM
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Simon_Gruber posted...
McCulloch "aggressively approached" several attendees and made statements such as "You are all going to die," according to the documents. At one point, he threatened a woman whose husband then pushed him in the chest and shoved him to the ground.
McCulloch fell "while surrounded by hundreds of children, stood up, pulled up his shirt to display a handgun and badge, then began firing his weapon in an upward direction approximately a dozen times while shouting that the attendees would die," according to court documents.
Kirkwood police confirmed McCulloch was there with his family.

Just a prank, bro!

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bluezero
10/17/23 9:36:12 AM
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wtf is wrong with our training or vetting of cops, or both?

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CADE_FOSTER
10/17/23 9:38:04 AM
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bluezero posted...
wtf is wrong with our training or vetting of cops, or both?
they hire the lowest dumbest psychos possible anyone with a college education usually isnt hired
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The_shibe
10/17/23 9:44:58 AM
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Has he been given his paid 2 week vacation yet? Or how they call it, paid admin leave. Or maybe he has been promoted to a cushier job? Or how they call it, desk duty.

this is getting out of hand

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St0rmFury
10/17/23 9:45:59 AM
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Alteres
10/17/23 9:50:22 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Please don't blame demons on something purely human malice.
Honestly my first thought was "this sounds like something out of a stephen king novel"

Did you read it?

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DKBananaSlamma
10/17/23 9:53:41 AM
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The_shibe posted...
Has he been given his paid 2 week vacation yet? Or how they call it, paid admin leave. Or maybe he has been promoted to a cushier job? Or how they call it, desk duty.

this is getting out of hand
Read the article smh

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Heineken14
10/17/23 9:56:11 AM
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VeggetaX posted...
Did he get possessed or something?


He was possessed by MAGAitis. It turns your brains into mashed potatoes.

Also, 2nd STL story I've seen today. Good ol Misery!

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Crimson_Corsair
10/17/23 9:56:56 AM
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The_shibe posted...
Has he been given his paid 2 week vacation yet? Or how they call it, paid admin leave. Or maybe he has been promoted to a cushier job? Or how they call it, desk duty.

this is getting out of hand
It is literally explained in the OP.

You didn't even have to click the link to read this.

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Jupiter
10/17/23 9:57:47 AM
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That's fucking crazy! Imagine the fear of knowing a bullet could strike you at any moment and you wouldn't even see it coming. So glad no one got hurt.

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ScazarMeltex
10/17/23 9:58:48 AM
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Ricemills posted...
That's what it said in the OP, yes.

I'm happy that they charged him, i hope the case doesn't mysteriously disappeared because he's the son former top police official.
As a Saint Louisan I can tell you his dad, Bob McCulloch, was not well liked at the end of his career. The cops were super butthurt that he convened a grand jury over the killing of Michael Brown, and the people were pissed that he did a shitty job of it and didn't get an indictment.

This was also done in a highly public place with lots of witness and unprovoked. I'm as skeptical as anyone of the cop's ability and willingness to throw one of their own under the bus, but this dude is gonna go down. Maybe not for as much as he deserves but he'll do some time.

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ai123
10/17/23 10:01:10 AM
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Regular psychiatric evaluations and drug testing seem like a good idea.

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orcus_snake
10/17/23 10:23:23 AM
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firstworldcountryofficers.

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Gritty
10/17/23 10:24:40 AM
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Ricemills posted...
This is terrorism.
Yep

fry that pig
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CreepyGuy2007
10/17/23 10:37:44 AM
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bluezero posted...
wtf is wrong with our training or vetting of cops, or both?

yes
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rexcrk
10/17/23 10:47:18 AM
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He looks like one the thugs from the Arkham games.


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The_shibe
10/17/23 10:48:27 AM
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rexcrk posted...
He looks like one the thugs from the Arkham games.

lmao hahaha

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DKBananaSlamma
10/17/23 10:48:42 AM
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rexcrk posted...
He looks like one the thugs from the Arkham games.
Did people beat him up after he was like "It's just a prank, bro! Why you mad?"

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Zikten
10/19/23 1:16:32 AM
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St0rmFury posted...
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He would have killed himself if it was that
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Tyranthraxus
10/19/23 1:29:12 AM
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TetsuoS2 posted...
why do these kinds of morons always think bullets don't come down

No this seemed intentionally malicious. He wasn't firing shit into the air for fun.

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crazyisgood
10/19/23 1:31:04 AM
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Plea agreement will be handed out.

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mybbqrules
10/19/23 1:32:30 AM
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Gee, I wonder what political party this mentally well-balanced individual supports wholeheartedly.

It's a head scratcher for sure!

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TetsuoS2
10/19/23 1:40:47 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No this seemed intentionally malicious. He wasn't firing shit into the air for fun.

it can be both moronic and malicious.

this guy's lucky to be only mildly bruised doing that shit in a crowd full of parents with children

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cjsdowg
10/19/23 8:38:37 AM
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His racist ass father has history of helping people kill black people. This family is the worst.

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lilORANG
10/19/23 8:43:10 AM
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Psycho cop. Every single kid who was there is going to have a hard time trusting law enforcement now.

At least the charges are serious. ACA is mandatory consecutive time so probation isn't on the table (unless a deal gets reached dismissing them)

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ZEROWOLF
10/19/23 8:52:21 AM
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So much for the "good guy with a gun" argument. Guess they were right when they said bad guys go to gun free zones.

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El_Marsh
10/19/23 8:55:57 AM
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I have an opinion but I'll probably get moderated for it.

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Ruvan22
10/19/23 8:56:05 AM
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ZEROWOLF posted...
So much for the "good guy with a gun" argument. Guess they were right when they said bad guys go to gun free zones.

I'm sure QuestionM will be along to say exactly that
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thekosmicfool
10/19/23 9:19:42 AM
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Sounds like he misread the flyer as "drunk-or-treat"

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DipDipDiver
10/19/23 12:08:25 PM
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Sounds like he was either under the influence or having some sort of episode. What a bizarre thing to do
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__starsnostars
10/19/23 12:42:20 PM
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This guy sounds like a real asshole (which I guess shouldn't be surprising given his profession). Probably scarred dozens and dozens elementary children for life, not to mention ruined any chance for his own son to live a relatively normal childhood.

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Lil_Bit83
10/19/23 1:06:58 PM
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What a loony. Lock him up and throw away the key! What kind of sicko threatens to kill little kids? This is why cops have a bad reputation. Then again, have they ever had a good one? The good cops are the rare exception, never the rule.

Anyway, I'm glad no one was hurt.


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VeesMcGees
10/19/23 1:23:22 PM
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I was hoping this guy was playing a prank and took the actions too far, but the dude sounds like hes either got something permanently mentally wrong or was under the influence of something.

Like, if he was using props and trying to scare people, then that couldve just been a seasonal scare, but real guns and violence (he pushed someone it said) arent jokes.
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El_Marsh
10/19/23 1:26:40 PM
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I don't think using a replica would have been the right call in that scenario either, especially in gd St. Louis.

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Umbreon
10/19/23 1:39:10 PM
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Thankfully, no one was harmed.

Hopefully every charge sticks and this asshole isn't released anytime soon. Should honestly be life for the amount of kids endangered and threatened.

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