KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A Missouri woman accused of fatally stabbing a paramedic who was trying to help her has been charged with murder.
The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office announced Sunday evening that 38-year-old Shanetta Bossell has been charged with murder in the first-degree and armed criminal action in the death of 29-year-old Graham Hoffman, a firefighter-paramedic with the Kansas City Fire Department.
If convicted, Bossell could be sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars. As of Sunday evening, she remained in custody on a $1 million bond, KCTV reports.
The Kansas City Police Department says just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, emergency crews were called to the area of 152 Highway and North Oak Trafficway with reports of a woman, later identified as Bossell, walking on the highway. Callers had been concerned for her safety. more. h/t Brad.
Fucking knew it. Shanetta gave it away.
hard to maintain “safe” 25′ of separation in cases like this
From now on , send only black paralegals in the amberlamps.
…Im sorry for dude’s family and friends and may the Lord give them comfort, but Im a bit perplexed at how this happened. An experienced medic packaging a mental patient that he is there for BECAUSE she is mental shouldnt have put someone in his box without strapping them down. I dont know how the kids do it now, but we had wide leather cuffs for that specific purpose, and also trained to use large triangular cloth bandages to accomplish it in a pinch. You dont necessarily search them like a cop but you SHOULD have at least done a secondary because crazy people may not report or even know they are injured, so you at least glanced at them; and with mentals you do not take your eyes off them because crazies are capable of literally ANYTHING, and even pain may not deter them, so its on you to give them your undivided attention for the 15 minute ride to the hospital.
Maybe he was trying to treat something, maybe she had a visible injury, maybe he just wanted her to be more comfortable, we dont know. But when dealing with mentals you also need to be aware that “crazy” and “stupid” are NOT the same thing, some can be damn clever and very manipulative, and a psychopath may not give ANY sort of clue by expression, tone, or movement before striking, thats what makes them psychopaths.
This terrible loss needs to be closely examined and the department see if this needs to be an impetus for changing the way mental patients are managed. A line-of-duty death MUST serve as a teachable moment, that others may live from lessons learned from this loss.
This was most likely preventable.
It is absolutely critical that they discover if it was, and LEARN from it.
RIP, FF Graham Hoffman.
You served well, if too short a time, and Godspeed your return to quarters.
Last Alarm for a fallen healer who in life saved the lives of many.
May the lessons from his untimely passing save many others.
*Salute*
https://youtu.be/kJ0i-hlxbaI?si=Jd8Epl6hm55BYZ66
https://youtu.be/zLfkDvz9wUE?si=oRk5sweyEu_-wW5a
He must have told her that she can’t sit there. What other explanation could there be?
She’s out on a 10K bond. Are you fing kidding me? That’s $1,000.00 bail. For murder. White lives are cheap.
Bad_Brad
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 16:57 at 4:57 pm
“She’s out on a 10K bond. Are you fing kidding me? That’s $1,000.00 bail. For murder. White lives are cheap.”
…that, and the cops dont want her because shes mental, and the asylums cant keep her because there arent any.
Scott Adams. “Stay away from black people.”
Could get life sentence? How about the death penalty.
“She’s out on a 10K bond…”
IIRC, doesn’t KC have one of those Soros DAs? I wonder how much her GoFundMe account has in it.
handcuff these fkng bitches, patients or not
…it also doesnt have to be obvious if theres situational reasons to avoid the optics, but you can wrap a person pretty tight in a cot sheet that their own weight holds down and use the cot straps ON TOP their arms instead of underneath, it isnt perfect but it can definitely slow them down and give you time to react…
…this reminds me too of the volly FF a couple years back who tried to help a guy on his own time and got killed for it because dude thought he was a vampire.
https://iotwreport.com/stranded-motorist-who-fatally-shot-firefighter-reportedly-thought-vampires-were-hunting-him/
…just because YOU mean well doesnt mean the person youre trying to help does.
Guard up, pay attention, be ready for anything.
Because anything can happen, and often does…
With a name like “Shanetta”, tell me your melanin skin content, without telling me your melanin skin content.
So sad for this exceptional, compassionate young firefighter. A great loss. Praying for his family. The lunatic hoodrat that took his life needs to be locked up for the rest of her wretched life. Yes, she needs prayer too, but she must pay for what she did. Hopefully, she won’t be able to afford the bond. It’s one million dollars.
Today, first responders have to have the understanding statistically black Americans commit the most crimes and are significantly mentally compromised. The overwhelmingly criminalization of society in general is a terrible problem. Therefore, keeping alert and aware – “street savvy” and considering self preservation must be a priority for first responders.
So stabbing white people in the chest has become cultural expression.
Got it.
it learned from karmelo
…just one final thought here.
Whatever happens with her, whether shes in jail, in “community based mental health care”, or on the streets, sooner or later she will have a “mental health crisis” and have to be returned to the hospital.
And whatever facility wherever in the world she ends up will call an ambulance.
…and the will NOT tell those guys her history, and so the cycle can repeat…