Bio & Incident Details
Age: 43
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/26/1900
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Escaped from prison
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Sheriff Jesse Tyler and Deputy Samuel Jenkins were shot and killed in a shootout with the outlaw known as Kid Curry.
Sheriff Tyler is buried in Grand Valley Cemetery, Moab, Grand County, Utah.
Kid Curry was suspected of be involved with the murders of five law enforcement officers: Sheriff Josiah Hazen of the Converse County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming; Deputy Samuel Jenkins and Sheriff Jesse Tyler of the Grand County Sheriff's Department, Utah; and Patrolman Robert Saylor and Patrolman William Dinwiddie of the Knoxville Police Department, Tennessee.
Kid Curry was arrested after the murders of Patrolman Saylor and Patrolman Dinwiddie. He was convicted of the murders but escaped from the local jail before being transferred to a federal prison.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Sheriff Josiah Hazen |
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Deputy Sheriff Samuel Jenkins |
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Patrolman William Dinwiddie |
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Patrolman Robert Saylor |
