The man suspected of killing two Missouri deputies and injuring two others Monday was previously sentenced in connection to shooting at a Johnson County, Kansas, Sheriff’s deputy in 2014.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert around 4:28 p.m. Monday for Richard Dean Bird, 45, after the deadly shooting of a Christian County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office deputy. Bird allegedly killed a second sheriff’s deputy during the manhunt.
On Tuesday, the Christian County Sheriff’s Office identified the fallen deputies as Deputy Gabriel Ramierz, 30, and Deputy Michael Hislope, 40…