John R. Bothwell

Deadly force

At around 11 a.m. officer Terry Cozad confronted John R. Bothwell about an outstanding warrant. Bothwell ran and Cozad chased him to Brewski's Beverage, where Bothwell allegedly tried to steal a woman's car. Officers Jack Price, Greg Schultz and Mark Stuart arrived. According to reports, pepper spray, Taser shocks and blows to the head with a pepper spray can didn't subdue Bothwell. Bothwell allegedly reversed the car, dragging Price underneath. Cozad shot Bothwell twice through the windshield. The car then accelerated and exited Brewski's. Schultz, who was in the car, struck Bothwell on the head and told him to stop before the car hit the porch of a house on Mynster Street. Schultz shut off the car and hit Bothwell again. Stuart and Schultz pulled Bothwell from the car and found that he appeared to be dead. Price sustained injuries to his leg, neck and shoulder, as well as tire burns. Schultz was injured by flying glass broken by the gunfire.