Shooting death in Polo

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Shooting death in Polo

Mon, 02/01/2021 - 16:23
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POLO – At the side of a woman dying from gunshot wounds, Greg Baker, 55, Polo, said he called 911 and then waited more than 20 minutes for help, gave the first deputy to arrive “an ass chewing” and went hunting for the shooter. Baker said he drove up on the scene at the intersection of East Farabee and Milwaukee streets – two blocks east of Highway 13 in Polo – moments after the shooting. He found Elizabeth Michelle Adams, 31, Polo, struggling for breath in a pool of her own blood, shot in the head and back, around 10 a.m. Jan. 27. “The deputy showed up about 25 minutes after she’d been shot,” Baker said, with the time tracked on his cell phone. The ambulance took another five minutes, he said. “I was there over 30 minutes waiting for the damned ambulance,” Baker said Monday. “I was pissed off about it and I called the director of the ambulance service and his excuse – and I kind of understand that – was that they’re not allowed to go into an active shooter (scene).” The…

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