SULPHUR SPRINGS — Deputies with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office responded to an agency assist call on Beaty Road, just outside the city of Sulphur Springs, at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to a release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office. Officers from the Noel (Mo.) Police Department had initiated a traffic stop inside Noel city limits; but the vehicle was then driven away from officers, leading to a pursuit through McDonald County and into Benton County.
During the pursuit, a Noel Police Department car was rammed by the vehicle, with subsequent shots fired by the officer in an attempt to disable the vehicle. All three occupants of the vehicle being pursued fled on foot after their vehicle became inoperable at the intersection of Beaty and Craig Road in Sulphur Springs. No injuries were reported to law enforcement personnel or to those fleeing from police, the release states.
The driver of the vehicle, Carli Supiran, 19, of Anderson, Mo., was arrested and is being held on two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault and felony fleeing. She will be arraigned in Benton County Circuit Court, Division II, at 8 a.m., on Aug. 22, according to the release.
Trevor Meeker, 24, from Pineville, Mo., a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested on an active felony warrant out of Centerton Police Department for aggravated assault and false imprisonment, the release states.
Deputies are still searching for the third occupant, Shawn Turner, 30, of Centerton. Turner is described as a white male, 6 foot, 1 inch tall, weighing about 218 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoos on both shoulders. There is no reason to believe that Turner is armed or poses any threat to the public at this time, the release states, but anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call the Benton County Sheriff’s Office at 479-271-1008.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the release.