{"id":78128,"date":"2018-03-08T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78128"},"modified":"2018-03-08T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:27:17","slug":"christopher-morton-officer-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78128","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Morton; Officer down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Top Kone sends us the sad news that Clinton, Missouri Police Officer Christopher Morton was killed in the line of duty;<\/p>\n

At approximately 9:20 P.M. (Central) Tuesday, Officer Morton and other members of the Clinton Police Department responded to a 911 call in which women could be heard screaming in the background. As officers arrived, a gun battle ensued and Officer Morton and two other officers were hit. Officer Morton succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The other officers were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Kansas City Star<\/a> reports that the Royals paid tribute to the Army National Guard veteran in 2014;<\/p>\n

The Clinton, Mo., police officer who was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday night was honored by the Royals in 2014 for his military service in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Officer Christopher Morton, 30, was killed while responding to a 911 call, was in the Our Heroes seats (now called the Salute to Service seats) on June 5, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n

Morton was in the Army National Guard, had been twice deployed and returned in May 2014 from Afghanistan. He told the Royals he served as a bridge crew member and radio communications manager.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Royals tweeted: “We are saddened to hear the news regarding Clinton, Mo Police Officer Chris Morton this morning. He was honored for his military service at #TheK in 2014. Our thoughts are with his family today.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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