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The 29-year-old paramedic had worked for the Kansas City Fire
Department for three years and was remembered for his commitment
to the job.
“Our community grieves his loss at such a young age with his
entire life ahead of him,” Clay County prosecuting attorney
Zachary Thompson said at a news conference Sunday night.
Police spotted Bossell walking along the shoulder of a highway
early Sunday, her finger cut and bleeding, according to the
probable cause affidavit. She had been freed on bond just two
days earlier in a resisting arrest case that Thompson said
involved an assault on a law enforcement officer.
While en route to the hospital, the driver heard Hoffman
frantically call for help, saying Bossell had a knife. The
driver stopped and then rushed to the back. As he flung open the
door, he heard Hoffman say, "She stabbed me in the heart,” the
affidavit said.
An officer who was following the ambulance then witnessed
Bossell get into the vehicle's cab and attempt to put it into
drive, according to the affidavit. The officer ultimately was
able to wrestle her to the ground. But during the fray, she bit
his arm, and he hit her in the head with his firearm to get her
to let go, the affidavit said.
A second ambulance arrived and the crew rushed Hoffman to the
hospital, where he died later that afternoon.
Thompson said any conviction on the murder charge could draw a
life sentence without possibility of parole — or even a death
sentence. But he did not elaborate on prosecution plans and said
police continue to investigate what he described as a “horrific”
crime.”
“Let me be perfectly clear," he said. "Our office will use all
legal, moral, and ethical tools at our disposal to ensure
justice for Graham, his family and the entire community.”
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