Missouri Deputies Killed in Traffic-Stop Shootout; Suspect Fatally Shot
Two Christian County, Missouri, sheriff’s deputies were killed and two others wounded after a traffic stop escalated into a gunfight with Richard Bird, who fled into the woods and was later fatally shot; the slain deputies were Gabriel Ramirez and Michael Hislope. Bird had just been released on bail earlier that day after burglary and receiving-stolen-property charges, and the incident sparked a multi-agency manhunt and drew the governor to the scene as the community mourned.
