Trooper Jimmie Elliott Linegar
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
End of Watch: Monday, April 15, 1985

Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: 865

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, April 15, 1985
Weapon Used: Handgun; Mac-11
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life

Trooper Jimmie Linegar was shot and killed by a white supremacist he and his partner stopped at checkpoint. Neither Trooper Linegar or his partner were aware that the man they had stopped had just been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for involvement in a Neo-Nazi group accused of murder. The suspect immediately exited the vehicle and opened fire on him with an automatic weapon. The suspect was sentenced to life.

Trooper Linegar had served with the agency for 4 years and had previously served with the Lebanon Police Department for 5 years. He was survived by his wife, a 5-year-old daughter, and a 3-year-old son.

In the summer of 2003 a stretch of Route 86 was renamed in honor of Trooper Linegar.