Deputy Sheriff Casey Shoemate was killed in a vehicle crash on Route Y, just north of Rabbit Hill Road, while responding to an emergency call.

He was attempting to pass a fire truck, which was responding to an unrelated call, when he collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle. Deputy Shoemate was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was flown to a local hospital in serious condition.

Deputy Shoemate had served with the Miller County Sheriff's Office for one year.


Sheriff Louie Gregoire
Miller County Sheriff's Office
1999 MO-52
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
Phone: (573) 369-2341

https://www.odmp.org/officer/23659-d...sey-l-shoemate