In the winter of 1991, a domestic disturbance in a small Missouri town escalated into a tragic series of events that claimed the life of Cooper County Sheriff Charles Raymond Smith. The 54-year-old lawman was one of four people killed during a shooting spree that shattered the peace of Moniteau County.
The violence began on the evening of December 9, 1991, when Moniteau County Deputy Leslie Roark responded to a domestic dispute at the Jamestown residence of James R. Johnson, a 42-year-old
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