Bio & Incident Details
Age: 28
Tour: 1 year
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/4/1930
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Released after 6 years
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Deputy Van Deusen was shot and killed during a domestic dispute in which a man took his wife hostage. As the man led his wife down a rear set of stairs the deputy posted there ordered him to stop. The man fired at the deputy but missed. As Deputy Van Deusen emerged from the kitchen of the home into the rear hallway the suspect shot him in the right side, causing a fatal wound. The suspect was convicted of Deputy Van Deusen's murder but released after only six years.
Deputy Van Deusen had been with the agency for one year and was survived by his mother.
