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Update: Police Officer Killed in Clinton Identified

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.

Officer Involved Shooting In Clinton

The Clinton Police Department along with other multiple police agencies are on scene of a officer involved shooting around the area of Orchard and Grandriver Streets in Clinton at this time.

Please avoid this area as there is a heavy police presents and roads being shut down. 

Three police officers are said to be injured at this time. One of them with minor injuries and another one with unknown injuries. A third Police Officer has died due to injuries sustained in this incident.

A suspect was found dead inside a home on Grand River Street. The shooting is seven months to the day since Clinton police officer Gary Michael was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Mid America Live News is attempting to gather more information and we will update at a later time.

Obituary - Jimmy L. Mosley

Jimmy L. Mosley age 85 of Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life Sunday, March 4, 2018 in Harrisonville, Missouri surrounded with love and family.

Jimmy is survived by his wife Helen of the home; a son, Rickey Longacre of Independence, Missouri; three daughters, Jamie Mosley of Harrisonville, Missouri, Rebecca Mosley of Harrisonville, Missouri; and Terri Schindler and her husband Rick of Harrisonville, Missouri; a brother, Richard Mosley of Kingland, Texas; a sister, Rae Patterson of Garden City, Missouri; four grandchildren, Beth, Carin, Alex, and Randy; seven great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Abiding Love Baptist Church, Harrisonville, Missouri. Burial will be in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri.

The family will receive friends Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at the church.

The family suggest that memorial contributions may be made t the Abiding Love Baptist Church Memorial Fund.

Services are under the care of Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

A complete obituary will be posted here as soon as that information becomes available.

Obituary - Robert P. Glynn

Robert P. Glynn, 90, Walker, Mo passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Bob was born December 31, 1927 at the family home in rural Malvern Iowa, second son of Paul and May Glynn.

Bob attended Spring Valley country school thru the 8th grade. Then completed his high school education @ Tabor High School, graduating with the class off 1946.

On October 5, 1946, Bob married the love of his life Marjorie Hofmockel at the Christian church in Elliott Iowa. Bob was baptized on May 4, 1954 at the Christian Church in Tabor Iowa.

Bob and Marjorie raised their four children on their farm in Mills County Iowa. They lived and worked on that farm row cropping and raising cattle and hogs until 1975 when they purchased a ranch at Edwards Missouri. In 1986 they moved to a farm near Taborville, Missouri before settling on their home north of Walker Missouri in 1994.

Bob was a man who took great pride in his family - frequently heard to say "there's not a bad on in the bunch."

In 1986 Bob and Marjorie traveled to England to visit the White Park cattle herds, that sparked Bob's passion for breeding White Park cattle which he continued to do until his death.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents; brother John; and wife Marjorie.

He is survived by his four children - Kathy (Bob) Seipold, Council Bluffs Iowa; Vicki ((Denny)Schroeder, Malvern Iowa; Mike (Kay) Glynn, Hastings Iowa; Lora (Mike) O'Donnell Edwards Missouri. Grandchildren - Tara Seipold, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Renae Seipold, Omaha, Nebraska; Ryan (Carrie) Schroeder, Omaha Nebraska; Amy (Nik) Sharp Farmington, Minnesota; Beth (James) Shepard, Council Bluffs, Iowa; John (Kelsie) Glynn, Muscatine, Iowa; Sarah (Tyler) Fonseca, Fort Drum, New York; Travis (Alyson) Glynn, Muscatine, Iowa; Michael (Melissa) O'Donnell, O"Fallon, Missouri; Bridgett (Jason) Glover, Columbia, Illinois; 20 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law Dick (Pat) Hofmockel; nieces.

Private memorial service will be held at a later date in Iowa.