(Springfield’s News Talk 104.1) – A Saint Clair man has been charged for shooting a Forsyth police officer.
38-year-old David J. Viner was charged with first-degree assault – serious physical injury or special victim and armed criminal action.
A report shows that the Forsyth officer was investigating a road rage incident near Highways 160 and 76 in Kissee Mills.
The officer saw a man on Highway 160 with a walking stick in his hand and decided to speak to him.
The man was later identified as Viner.
As the officer was getting a statement from Viner, Viner pulled out a gun and fired at the officer twice.
Police were able to capture Viner.
He is currently being held in the Taney County Jail without bond.
The officer was treated at a trauma center in Springfield and was released yesterday. The Forsyth police say the officer’s bulletproof vest likely saved his life.
