Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Arizona

End of Watch: Wednesday, January 29, 1930
Cause: Gunfire

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

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.

 
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Patch image: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Arizona

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