Glennon Sweet was executed by the State of Missouri for the murder of Trooper Russell Harper
According to court documents Glennon Sweet was pulled over by Trooper Russell Harper for speeding. Before the Officer could get out of his car Sweet would rush over and open fire striking and killing the Officer
Glennon Sweet would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Glennon Sweet would be executed by lethal injection on April 22 1998
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Glennon Sweet Case
On February 8, 1987 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Trooper Russell Harper of the Missouri State Highway Patrol was stationed on Highway 60 near Springfield, Missouri operating a radar device. A red mid-sixties Chevrolet pickup truck passed Trooper Harper at an excessive rate of speed. Trooper Harper activated his red lights and pursued the truck about a mile and a half where the truck pulled off and stopped on a farm road.
Before Trooper Harper could get out of his car, Sweet Leapt from the truck, stepped toward the patrol car and fired several bursts of gunfire. One bullet struck Trooper Harper in the head causing death. Twenty-nine bullet holes or indentations were found in the patrol car.
Sweet drove to the home of Donald Bills where the two began the task of refurbishing the truck by replacing the tires, repainting and further modifying it to disguise the vehicle. Sweet also shaved his moustache to disguise himself.
On February 9, 1987 Highway Patrol Troopers arrived at the Bills residence on a tip that Sweet was staying in an old bus on Bills’ property. In a search of the area an H.K. 93 semiautomatic assault rifle, later determined to be the murder weapon was found in a junked vehicle about 1000 yards from the Bills’ residence. After obtaining a search warrant to further search the house, Troopers found Sweet hiding in the attic.
Witnesses to the slaying identified Glennon Sweet as the assailant and gun cartridges found at the scene of the crime were found to have been fired from Sweet’s rifle.
