Bio & Incident Details
Age: 56
Tour: 16 years
Badge # 685-C
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 10/28/1980
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect: Committed
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Lieutenant James West was stabbed to death by a female mental patient. The woman's family had requested assistance in transporting the woman to a state mental hospital and Lieutenant West responded to the home. The woman was committed to a state hospital.
Lieutenant West had served with the agency for 16 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.
