Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/13/1951
Weapon: Shotgun; 12 gauge
Suspect: Not available
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Chief Smith was shot and killed by a man he had previously arrested.
On the evening of Tuesday, November 13, 1951, Chief Smith was in Easter’s Cafe having dinner when the shooter walked in with a 12-gauge shotgun, fired one time, striking Chief Smith with over 50 pellets in the lower right side and blowing away part of the his holster. He was carrying a grudge over a previous arrest by the chief. Chief Smith died from his wounds five days later.
The suspect was arrested at his home seven miles northeast of Bokchito the next day, convicted of the marshal’s murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
