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Robert Gene Kimberling
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Sergeant

Robert Gene Kimberling

Missouri State Highway Patrol — Jefferson City, MO
Felonious
United States flag Missouri flag
End of Watch October 6, 1999
Age 43
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
The Vigil Panel 326 · Column 1 · Line 8 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 32

Incident

Sergeant Robert Kimberling was shot and killed after getting in a struggle with a suspected gasoline thief on I-29, near Faucett, Missouri.

Sergeant Kimberling stopped the suspect after it was reported that a man with a similar description filled up with gas at a highway truck stop and drove away without paying. During the stop, Sergeant Kimberling approached the passenger side of the vehicle. At the same time, the suspect exited the vehicle and walked to the rear of it.

Upon seeing Sergeant Kimberling, the man ran back to his open driver's door and retrieved a revolver. Sergeant Kimberling pursued him to the door and began struggling with the man.

The suspect shot at Sergeant Kimberling twice, both shots being stopped by his vest. Sergeant Kimberling returned fire, striking the suspect twice in the leg. The suspect also continued firing, striking Sergeant Kimberling multiple times. The suspect then shot and killed himself at the scene. The entire incident occurred in less than one minute.

The suspect was being searched for in Wisconsin as a suicide threat. That information, however, was entered into NCIC only one minute before Sergeant Kimberling called in the license plate, and was not yet available to dispatchers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Kimberling gave the Missouri State Highway Patrol 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Kimberling.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Missouri State Highway Patrol
Type Highway Patrol
Location Jefferson City, MO
Platform Identity mshp.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 6, 1999
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1999, 58 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 133rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 43. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Robert had served 14 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Missouri State Highway Patrol has 33 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Sergeant Robert Gene Kimberling

Missouri State Highway Patrol · End of Watch October 6, 1999

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-E

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