RICHARD W O GAMMILL
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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 6
Department: Joplin, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: September 7, 1989
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 19
Description: Lieutenant Gammill was shot when he arrived as backup for two other officers who were investigating a report of shots fired. The suspect pulled a .38 caliber handgun and fired on all three officers. Lieutenant Gammill was shot in the upper left shoulder and the right mid-section of the back. The officers returned fire and killed the suspect. As a result of these injuries, Lieutenant Gammill suffered from stress diabetes and other medical complications which led to his death nine years later.
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