{"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:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78128","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Morton; Officer down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78129\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78129\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Christopher-Morton-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Christopher-Morton.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Christopher-Morton.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Christopher-Morton.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Christopher-Morton.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Top Kone sends us the sad news that Clinton, Missouri Police Officer Christopher Morton was killed in the line of duty;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/article203878154.html\">Kansas City Star<\/a> reports that the Royals paid tribute to the Army National Guard veteran in 2014;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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<p>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<p>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>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The Royals tweeted: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Kone sends us the sad news that Clinton, Missouri Police Officer Christopher Morton was killed in the line of duty; 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. 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