Gary Lee Sheets

Deadly force

SWAT officers shot Gary Lee Sheets after he shot his ex-girlfriend during a standoff at St. John's Mercy Urgent Care Center. Police said Sheets entered the building at 4:30 p.m. and went to the second floor, where Jenenne Meadows, 47, worked as a lab technician. Sheets reportedly brandished a gun, took Meadows hostage, told everyone else to leave and locked himself in a room with Meadows. As SWAT team members waited outside the door, Sheets let Meadows call her son, then took the phone and said derogatory things. Meadows broke away from Sheets and unlocked the door, but Sheets shot her twice before the SWAT team ran into the room and surrounded Meadows. Sheets was reportedly still shooting when officers returned fire. Sheets and Meadows later died at hospitals.