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Sheriff Glenn Reynolds | Gila County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Gila County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

Sheriff

Glenn Reynolds

Gila County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

End of Watch: Saturday, November 2, 1889

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Age: Not available

Tour: Not available

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Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 11/2/1889

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Two shot and killed

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Sheriff Reynolds and Deputy William Holmes were shot and killed and another deputy was shot and seriously wounded while taking several outlaws to the Territorial Prison in Yuma, Arizona. The deputies and the sheriff were overpowered when they let the prisoners out of the prison wagon to give the horses an easier walk on an incline. Two of the suspects were later killed and three others arrested and tried for the murders.

The leader of the gang that murdered the two was known as the Apache Kid. The following year he was also responsible for the murder of Chief Ben Williams, of the Bisbee Police Department.

The Apache Kid, a short, stocky, full blooded apache, was a sergeant of indian scouts who assisted General George Crook in the capture of Geronimo in 1886 before he turned outlaw. In 1888 he was sent to Alcatraz for murder. A year later to the surprise of many he was pardoned by President Cleveland. Soon afterwards he and several indians were charged with murder, resulting in the murders of Sheriff Reynolds and Deputy Holmes. For the next five years the Kid and his gang went along the U.S. Mexican border on both sides killing people and taking whatever they wanted. In 1894 the Apache Kid mysteriously dissapeared. It is not known what happened to him.

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Related Line of Duty Deaths

Deputy Sheriff William A. Holmes
Gila County Sheriff's Office, Arizona
End of Watch: Saturday, November 2, 1889
Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Ben Williams
Bisbee Police Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 1, 1890
Cause: Gunfire

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Your heroism and service is honored today, the 120th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

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Phyllis Loya

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November 6, 2009

 

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