Charles R. Smith

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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 63-W: 18
Department: Cooper County, Missouri, S.D.
End of Watch: December 10, 1991
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Smith was shot by a crazed gunman, who would later kill two other officers, Moniteau County Deputy Leslie Roark and Miller County Deputy Sandra Wilson.  The gunman also killed Mrs. Pam Jones, the wife of the Sheriff of Moniteau County, Kenny Jones.  Moniteau County Deputy Russell Borts was injured. The suspect was sentenced to death and died by lethal injection on January 8, 2002.
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