Just one week after being let out on bond for assaulting an officer, a woman was arrested for murdering a firefighter-paramedic, trying to steal an ambulance, and biting another police officer.
Kansas City police have charged 39-year-old Shanetta Bossell with first-degree murder after she allegedly stabbed 29-year-old firefighter-paramedic Graham Hoffman, who was trying to assist her in his ambulance.
This is why we can't have nice things. Do not stab the people trying to save your life. https://t.co/IPFjzf7a1A
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) April 28, 2025
According to court documents, concerned citizens called 911 after seeing Bossell walking around the highway at approximately 12:40 a.m. on April 27. Upon arriving at the scene, officers and paramedics tried to transport Bossell to a hospital. However, officers following the ambulance saw it pulling over on the side of the road with emergency lights on at approximately 1:25 a.m., leading them to pull over with the ambulance.
Police officers then saw the ambulance driver running to the back of the vehicle, where they observed a struggle between Bossell and Hoffman, then saw the woman jumping into the driver’s seat of the ambulance and trying to drive away. However, police were able to stop her.
Upon pulling Bossell out of the driver’s seat, she and the officer fell to the ground, where she ended up biting his arm. In order to force her to let go, the officer struck Bossell in the back of the head with his firearm.
Detectives found a knife in the ambulance, along with blood all over the back of the vehicle. Bossell is now being held in jail on a bond of $1 million. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison.
Of course, if Bossell had been kept in prison for assaulting another officer the week prior — where she also bit the officer and resisted arrest — Hoffman would still be alive. Bossell was given a bond of just $10,000 by Judge Louis Angles and was released just a few days before committing the murder.
Another horrific senseless crime that could’ve been avoided if we kept mentally ill violent criminals in prison https://t.co/cGDp75ZQLA
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 28, 2025
The Missouri Division of Fire Safety made a Facebook post mourning the loss of their fellow firefighter-paramedic.
“Our hearts are heavy as our minds struggle to comprehend the incomprehensible,” the post read. “Kansas City Fire Department Firefighter-Paramedic Graham Hoffman had committed his life to answering the alarm bell no matter the emergency, regardless of the circumstances. He was a lifesaver.”
“His KCFD ambulance was an essential lifesaving tool,” the post continued. “But early this morning, Hoffman’s ambulance became a crime scene and Hoffman a victim of an unfathomable crime – allegedly stabbed to death by a patient he was treating. Our prayers are with his loved ones and his brothers and sisters in the KCFD and throughout the fire service.”
Procession for firefighter paramedic Graham Hoffman who was allegedly stabbed to death by a mentally ill violent criminal who was released from jail *last week* after assaulting a police officer.
She reportedly stabbed him while he was transporting her in an ambulance.
RIP 💔 https://t.co/K0nUWovlgw pic.twitter.com/9S51LsdEVk
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 28, 2025
