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Deputy Sheriff Gordon Leon Galemore of the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department in Missouri was tragically killed on February 28, 1979. He was shot by an armed robbery suspect he was transporting to the police station for questioning. The suspect had robbed a Charleston service station just 30 minutes earlier. Deputy Galemore apprehended the suspect and was en route to the station when the suspect produced a concealed .38 caliber handgun and opened fire inside the patrol car. This resulted in ...Read More
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Gordon Leon Galemore
Male
White / Caucasian
Charleston
MO
1979-02-28
Gordon
Leon Galemore
11/25/2025







