KIRKWOOD, Mo. — A former St. Louis County police officer who is the son of a former top St. Louis County official is now facing 15 felony charges after police say that he fired shots at a Halloween event for elementary school students in Kirkwood.
Matthew McCulloch, 39, was charged with 11 crimes last month in connection with the incident, but he is now facing 15 charges after a St. Louis County grand jury handed down a true bill in the case. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell's Office said the changes were due to changes in who will testify in the case.
McCulloch, who is still being held on a $500,000, cash-only bond, is now facing six counts of endangering the welfare of a child, seven counts of armed criminal action, one count of making a terrorist threat and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
Court documents summarize the incident as follows:
At around 4:30 p.m., McCulloch began harassing people during a trunk-or-treat event for Tillman Elementary students on the North Kirkwood Middle School campus. Hundreds of parents and children were there.
McCulloch "aggressively approached" several attendees and made statements such as "You are all going to die," according to the documents. At one point, he threatened a woman whose husband then pushed him in the chest and shoved him to the ground.
McCulloch fell "while surrounded by hundreds of children, stood up, pulled up his shirt to display a handgun and badge, then began firing his weapon in an upward direction approximately a dozen times while shouting that the attendees would die," according to court documents.
Kirkwood police confirmed McCulloch was there with his family.
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