Bio & Incident Details
Age: 44
Tour: 14 years
Badge # 1466
Cause: Aircraft accident
Incident Date: 9/30/1968
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Deputy Schnur and Deputy Gary McCullah were killed in a helicopter accident. The Deputies were flying low in a helicopter in the Whittier Hills when they struck abandoned telephone wires in a canyon. The helicopter and its crew were not reported missing until the next morning when Deputy Schnur’s wife called. A search was started and the helicopter’s crash site was located at 7:30 AM. Autopsies determined both Deputies were killed on impact.
Deputy Schnur had been with the agency for 14 years and was survived by his wife and three children.
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