A sniper-like shooting kills an Ozarks man as he was sitting inside his mobile home. Now the Texas County sheriff's department is trying to piece together the puzzle for an unusual rural crime.

Crime and the town of Tyrone don't appear to mix until last week.
Texas County Sheriff Carl Watson says, “The neighbor went to check on him and found the body.” Forty-two-year-old Ricky Luebbert was shot to death through his trailer window by someone standing about 130 yards away. Sheriff Watson says, “The shots were fired near the highway or across the highway a short distance. The sheriff says a sniper-like shooting in a sleepy town makes the investigation a little more difficult. Watson says, “Of course we'll have no fingerprints but we do have some information we're going on.”

Locals tell KSPR Tyrone is the kind of town that if you blink, you'll miss it. All of the businesses have closed down and almost everyone who lives here is related. No one would talk to KSPR on camera but say everyone wants to know who would do this.

Sheriff Watson says, “I wouldn’t say enemies. He did have some people he had problems with but I know will solve it.” The town and the two young sons Luebbert left behind will know more when people start talking and the evidence comes back from the crime lab.

The sheriff says Texas County has seen a spike in homicides since January 2006 which he says is rare for the county.