Two sheriff’s deputies were shot and killed and two others injured as law enforcement tracked and later killed the suspect during a manhunt in rural Stone County in southern Missouri.
The Springfield (Mo.) Daily Citizen reported the suspect, 45-year-old Richard Dean Bird, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement.
“It’s been a long day. It’s been a trying day,” Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole said in a press conference. “And the upcoming days are going to be harder than today was.”
The events began about 3:50 p.m. Monday when Bird was…
