in april of 2018, miller county deputy sheriff casey shumate was killed when his vehicle collided with an oncoming vehicle while responding to a structure fire. he had served in that department for about a year as well, but he had previously worked in two other missouri police departments, and he is survived by his two children, his fiancee, his parents, and his siblings. in march of 2018, clinton mr. president officer chris morton was shot and killed when he and two other officers responded to a 911 call. as officer martin and his colleagues arrived at the scene, a man began shooting at him, the officers returned fire, they entered the building. the subject continued firing. he fatally wounded officer morton and injured two of officer morton's colleagues who i had a chance to visit with at that department not long after this incident. he had been -- officer morton had been the clinton -- with the clinton police department for three years. prior to doing that, he had served in the u.s. military through the missouri army national guard. he had been deployed to kosovo. he had been deploy