| Police Officer Elwin M. Slater
Pueblo Police Department
Colorado
End of Watch: Thursday, October 8, 1903 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 7, 1903
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available Officer Slater accidentally shot and killed himself while attempting to assist Officer Silas Martz, who had just been shot by a suspect. The two officers had responded to a disturbance involving a drunk man at a local store. As Officer Martz entered the store he was shot in the neck by the suspect with a .45 caliber pistol and killed instantly. As Officer Slater entered the store to help Officer Martz he began to draw his weapon which discharged and struck him in the leg. Officer Slater succumbed to his wound the next day. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
