On the afternoon of March 15, 2022, a confrontation at a residence on the 300 block of Locust Street in Ridgeway, Missouri, escalated to gunfire and left 51-year-old Lynn Jody Trammell dead. Officers from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the Missouri Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, pronounced Trammell dead at the scene and opened an investigation into the homicide.

Authorities identified and arrested Travis W. Gilliland on second-degree murder and armed criminal action charges. He was initially held on a $250,000 bond and was later moved to another county jail for safety reasons before being released to house arrest while awaiting trial. In December 2022 Gilliland pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree, and the court later imposed a four-year prison sentence for his role in the shooting.

If anyone knew Lynn, lived in Ridgeway at the time, or has information about the events that led to the shooting, please share what you remember.