For the first time, Independence Police confirmed it was an officer who shot and killed Maria Pike, 34, and Destinii Hope, 11 weeks. The edited video released Wednesday shows some of what took ...

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She had gone to visit her son, Mitchell Holder, his partner, Maria Pike, and their 11-week-old daughter, Destinii, at their apartment in Independence, Missouri. Coombs was worried about Pike, who had ...