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From the Missouri State Highway Patrol

Clinton, MO, Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, served with distinction for the citizens of Clinton as a full-time Police Officer from 2/12/2015 until 1/10/2017. He stayed with the department as reserve officer until he returned again to full time duty 9/24/2017. #ClintonPD

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Christopher R. Morton

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the Clinton Police officer killed in the line of duty on Tuesday as Christopher Ryan Morton. He was 30-years-old.

Two officers remain hospitalized, one listed with minor injuries and one with moderate injuries, both sustained from gunfire by the suspect who was later found dead in the residence by SWAT team members. 

Mr. Morton had been on the force three to four years. He made his return to the force after another Clinton, Mo., officer was killed in the line of duty this past summer.

Please keep Mr. Morton's family and the family of the other injured officers in your prayers.This makes the second Clinton officer shot and killed in the line of duty in the past year.

Mid America Live News will continue to provide updates on this story as they are made available to us.

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Butler man injured in rollover accident near Ballard

On 3/6/18 round 4:55pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with Butler Fire Department and Bates County EMS responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Route D just west of BB Highway in rural NE Bates County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2005 Ford F-150 driven by 71 year old Anthony R. Baptista of Butler, Missouri traveled off the north side of the roadway, struck a embankment and two road signs, before returning to the roadway and traveling south off the roadway overturning into a field.

Mr. Baptista sustained minor injuries in this accident and he was transported by ambulance to Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Missouri for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by Douty's Tow of Butler, Missouri.


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Updated: Two dead, Two injured in officer involved shooting in Clinton

A shooting that left one police officer dead and two others injured in Missouri on Tuesday night started with a 911 phone call punctuated by screams.

The call came in about 9:20 p.m. and two women could be heard screaming in the background at the home in Clinton off of the 300 block of Grandriver near Water Street, Sgt. Bill Lowe of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stated When Clinton Police Department officers rushed to the scene, gunfire erupted.

The shooter barricaded himself in the home, leading to a standoff that ended when the SWAT team entered and found him dead just after midnight early Wednesday, Lowe said.

One officer was fatally shot inside the home, he said. Two other officers are in stable condition and undergoing treatment for gunshot wounds — one in the arm and the other in the shoulder, he said.

The identities of the three officers are being withheld pending the notification of the next-of-kin.

Lowe said they believe they know who the shooter is, but will not release any information until they “are positive” about his identity.

It’s unclear how he died or what his relationship was to the women. The women were not injured, Lowe said.

Mid America Live News will update when more information is made available to us from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.