Tributes paid to paramedic stabbed to demise throughout ambulance journey to hospital | EUROtoday

A girl has pleaded not responsible to the deadly stabbing of a paramedic inside an ambulance.

Shanetta Bossell, 39, entered the plea on Monday, following her arrest on Sunday. Court data point out Bossell tried to flee the scene within the ambulance after the stabbing, whereas others have been offering help to the wounded paramedic.

She is at present held on a $1 million bond, going through fees of first-degree homicide, armed legal motion, assault, and resisting arrest. She has no listed authorized illustration.

The sufferer, 29-year-old Graham Hoffman, was a three-year veteran of the Kansas City Fire Department. He has been remembered for his dedication to his function as a paramedic.

“Our community grieves his loss at such a young age with his entire life ahead of him,” Clay County prosecuting lawyer Zachary Thompson mentioned at a information convention Sunday night time.

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Police noticed Bossell strolling alongside the shoulder of a freeway early Sunday, her finger reduce and bleeding, in keeping with the possible trigger affidavit. She had been freed on bond simply two days earlier in a resisting arrest case that Thompson mentioned concerned an assault on a legislation enforcement officer.

While en path to the hospital, the driving force heard Hoffman frantically name for assist, saying Bossell had a knife. The driver stopped after which rushed to the again. As he flung open the door, he heard Hoffman say, “She stabbed me in the heart,” the affidavit said.

An officer who was following the ambulance then witnessed Bossell get into the vehicle’s cab and attempt to put it into drive, according to the affidavit. The officer ultimately was able to wrestle her to the ground. But during the fray, she bit his arm, and he hit her in the head with his firearm to get her to let go, the affidavit said.

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A second ambulance arrived and the crew rushed Hoffman to the hospital, where he died later that afternoon.

Thompson said any conviction on the murder charge could draw a life sentence without possibility of parole — or even a death sentence. But he did not elaborate on prosecution plans and said police continue to investigate what he described as a “horrific” crime.”

“Let me be perfectly clear,” he mentioned. “Our workplace will use all authorized, ethical, and moral instruments at our disposal to make sure justice for Graham, his household and all the group.”