Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/24/1911
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Paroled in 1924
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Deputy Streb was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who had threatened other citizens with a handgun at a dance hall. The suspect was captured by a posse of citizens a short time later.
The suspect was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 100 years in prison. Montana Governor Dixon reduced the sentence and the suspect was released in 1924.
On March 23, 1926, the suspect escaped from the Los Angeles, California Jail where he was awaiting trial for the murder of Police Officer Elmer H. Griffin, of the San Gabriel Police Department, California, on February 7, 1926. He was soon recaptured, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life. He was released in 1971, at age 85.
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