Bio & Incident Details
Age: 65
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/1/1928
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Deputy Richard Westwood was shot and killed in the sheriff's department by two prisoners who had snuck a pistol into the jail. The prisoners were attempting to escape from the Moab Jail.
Both suspects were re-captured and the killer of Deputy Westwood died in 1963 in Utah State Hospital.
Deputy Westwood had served for over 28 years, having taken over when the previous Deputy Sheriff was killed in 1900. He was survived by his wife and is buried in Grand View Cemetery, Moab, Utah.
