HIGHLANDVILLE, Mo. (KOAM) - About 4 p.m. Monday a Christian County Deputy went to perform a traffic stop on a white pickup truck on Hwy 160 south of Highlandville, Mo. The Deputy was shot and killed and the pickup fled.
A flock license plate reader camera observed the pick up truck traveling south on Old Highway 160 from HH Highway. The pickup was found abandoned.
Stone County Sheriff’s Office released a picture about 6:30 p.m. of the suspect, Richard Dean Bird, age 45…