Officer Johnny W. Sides
Dallas Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Wednesday, February 7, 1951

Biographical Info
Age: 23
Tour of Duty: 2 months
Badge Number: 337

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, January 22, 1951
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Two executed

Officer Sides was shot and killed after he and his partner stopped a vehicle for running a red light. As they approached the vehicle the four men opened fire on them, killing Officer Sides and wounding his partner. The suspects were arrested two days later in Arkansas. They were wanted for the 1950 murder of Mississippi Department of Public Safety Trooper James Tingle. Two of the suspects were executed and two were sentenced to life.

Officer Sides had been with the agency for two months and was survived by his parents, brother, and two sisters.

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