On September 7, 1989, Lieutenant Richard Gammill, a 46-year-old male resident of Joplin, Missouri, passed away due to medical complications resulting from gunshot wounds he had sustained in the line of duty nine years earlier. A veteran of the Joplin Police Department, Gammill had served the community for years, rising to the rank of Lieutenant before his death. His passing was directly attributed to injuries inflicted during a violent altercation that occurred while he was a sergeant responding
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