Police killings
2013-2020

Jay P. Messer

Male, White

Date of the incident: 11/5/2019

La Monte, Pettis, MO
16000 Oak Point Road

Deputies were called in reference to a verbal domestic disturbance. After making contact with the caller at a nearby residence, four deputies and a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper arrived at the home about 6:33 p.m. and were met by an intoxicated male with a shotgun. Officers ordered the man to put down the weapon, but he fired at them, and they shot and killed him.