Negotiator testifies on third day of Thomas Kinworthy trial

Kelley Hoskins
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ST. LOUIS – There was compelling testimony when a St. Louis Police negotiator was put on the stand during day three of the trial of Thomas Kinworthy.

Kinworthy, 47, is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder, for shooting and killing Officer Tamarris Bohannon, as well as shooting another officer. Testimony continued Wednesday.

St. Louis Police Negotiator Sgt. Brian Hayes testified that the ex-wife of Kinworthy gave no indication that he was having a mental health issue when the incident occurred in August 2020. Members of the SWAT team were also called in to testify.

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Defense admitted during opening statements that Kinworthy shot the two officers but maintain the claim that he was in a mental crisis at the time. The prosecution team disagrees.

Officials said that Kinworthy shot two officers and a homeless man, then barged into a couple’s home on Hartford Street, near Tower Grove Park.

Officer Bohannon was 29 years old when he was killed. He had been with the department for three and a half years.

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