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Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Arizona

End of Watch: Wednesday, January 29, 1930

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, January 29, 1930
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: One executed

Deputy Wright was shot and killed by two suspects, a man and a woman, who murdered Corporal Brady Paul, of the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol, one month earlier following a robbery.

Both suspects were extradited to Pennsylvania and executed there on February 23, 1931.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, ArizonaCorporal Brady C. Paul
Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA
EOW: Friday, December 27, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

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