On the night of July 9, 1977, 24-year-old Nebraska City police officer Gary Robert White was shot while on duty. White, who had been with the Nebraska City Police Department for nine days after earlier service with the St. Joseph Police Department, and his partner, Officer Peter Rishel, were responding to a domestic disturbance involving a man named Robert Beers. The officers located Beers and attempted to stop his truck behind the police department; when the truck stopped, Beers opened fire with a 20-gauge shotgun. A blast struck Officer White below his protective vest; Officer Rishel was also wounded. Both officers returned fire but did not hit the shooter.

Beers fled but was apprehended shortly afterward. Officer White was taken to a local hospital and later died of his wounds; Officer Rishel survived. Robert Beers was arrested for the shooting. Does anyone have memories of Officer White, his brief time in Nebraska City, or information about the incident that could add detail to the record?