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Yogurt Shop Murder Suspect Shot by APD
Updated: Friday, 24 Dec 2010, 6:15 PM CST
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Pierce ran through a stop sign. Officers tried to pull him over;

Pierce took off on foot.

they caught him. They got into a fight.

That's when Pierce got a hold of the officer's knife

cut officer's carotid artery

The officer was aware enough to get out his gun and he shot Pierce. Pierce was found a short distance away, dead.

The officer is expected to make a recovery. His partner, a rookie, began treating the officer's neck wound until EMS arrived.

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Prosecutors once believed Maurice Pierce was the mastermind behind the infamous 1991 slayings of those four girls at a north Austin I Can't Believe it's Yogurt.

On Dec. 6, 1991, there was a fire at that shop where four bodies were found inside: 17 year old, Jennifer Harbison, 15 year old, Sarah Harbison, 13 year old Amy Ayers, and 17 year old Eliza Thomas.


But Travis County DA Ronnie Earle said there was not enough evidence to convict Pierce. All charges against him were dropped.


Pierce did not stay out of trouble once charges were dropped for the yogurt shop murders.

In 2008, he was arrested, charged with assaulting a Plano police officer.