Sgt. Robert G. Kimberling, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper based in St. Joseph, was killed on Oct. 6, 1999, while on duty. He was a 14-year veteran of the patrol. He was shot by a mentally ill man from Wisconsin who drove away from a Faucett, MO, gas station without paying for $26 worth of gas. The Wisconsin man then killed himself.
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Sgt. Kimberling was born and raised in Jamesport, MO, and graduated from its high school.
According to the highway patrol as of 2018, a total of 31 troopers have died in the line of duty, three by aircraft accident, seven by automobile crash, one by drowning, nine by gunfire, five by being struck by a vehicle, one by vehicle pursuit, four by vehicular assault, and one by weather/natural disaster. K-9 Reed, a police dog, died in the line of duty, by drowning.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H honored the memory of Sergeant Robert G. Kimberling on May 14, 2018, at the Jamesport Masonic Cemetery.
