The Blue Alert program is a nationwide emergency notification program that alerts the community of a suspect who has seriously injured or killed a Law Enforcement Officer or poses an imminent threat to the officer and who is at large.

Sheriff Brad Cole has confirmed to Ozarks First that Deputy Gabriel Ramirez died in the incident on Monday. Law enforcement tells Ozarks First the incident occured around 4 p.m.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued a Blue Alert for Richard Dean Bird, a 45-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting a Christian County deputy during a traffic stop in Highlandville.

Sheriff Brad Cole has confirmed to Ozarks First that Deputy Gabriel Ramirez was the deputy killed in the incident on Monday. Deputy Gabriel Ramirez and Sheriff Brad Cole in a

The Blue Alert issued Monday and subsequent manhunt for the Reeds Spring man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Christian County deputy during a traffic stop near Highlandville comes to an end