Two Highway Patrol Troopers are in the hospital after an altercation at a home in Sedalia on Saturday.
Officers were called with reports of a disturbance on State Fair Boulevard and found a man who has not yet been named with a knife. During the fight that ensued both officers were injured with knife wounds, but were able to fire shots at the suspect who was then confirmed dead at the scene.
The names of the officers and the extent of their injuries have also not yet been released to the public.
