Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Richard Gammill succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained nine years earlier while investigating the shooting of a citizen at 3500 Rangeline Road. He had responded with other officers to a local hotel to check on a man who had reported being shot while driving on the interstate. When the first two officers arrived the man refused to cooperate. When Lieutenant Gammill arrived the man pulled out a handgun and shot the three officers before being shot and killed by return gunfire. Lieutenant Gammill served as a sergeant at the time of the shooting.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Gammill served with the Joplin Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Joplin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Gammill.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Richard W. O. Gammill served in the U.S. Air Force (1960â1961) before joining law enforcement.
Lieutenant Richard W. O. Gammill is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 63.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Joplin Police Department, 17 of 21 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 81% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard W. O. Gammill's cause is highlighted.
How Richard W. O. Gammill Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Richard W. O. Gammill is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Richard W. O. Gammill was killed by handgun.
Incident Location
Military Service
Richard W. O. Gammill served in the U.S. Air Force (1960–1961) before joining law enforcement.
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