Deputy Sheriff Casey Shoemate was killed in a vehicle crash on Route Y, just north of Rabbit Hill Road, while responding to a structure fire at a fellow employee's house.

He collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle during the response. Deputy Shoemate was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was flown to a local hospital in serious condition.

Deputy Shoemate had served with the Miller County Sheriff's Office for one year, joining the Sheriffs department last October after previously serving with the Eldon Police Department following his graduation from the Missouri Sheriff's Association Academy in 2013. He is survived by his two children, fiancee, parents, and several siblings. Interred: Eldon City Cemetery in Eldon.