Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/19/1972
Weapon: Rifle; .30-.30
Suspect: Sentenced to life imprisonment
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Sheriff Paul Vinson and Patrolman Gayle Holmes, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, were shot and killed while answering a disturbance call outside a rural store between Paducah and Guthrie.
While they were placing one man in the patrol car, another man stepped onto the porch of the store behind them and began firing. A third highway patrolman returned fire, but suffered no injury.
The suspect was taken into custody at a ranch about a mile away. He was later convicted of Sheriff Vinson's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Sheriff Vinson was serving his second term. He was survived by his wife and son.
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