Bio & Incident Details
Age: 42
Tour: 6 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/31/1935
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: All four arrested
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Deputy James Wilson was shot and killed while attempting to arrest four bank robbery suspects.
He and officers from three jurisdictions had trailed the men to a farmhouse 11 miles outside of town. Deputy Wilson and two officers entered the house and were met by a hail of gunfire. Deputy Wilson was later found with 15 gunshot wounds. The other two deputies were wounded and all the suspects were arrested.
During the previous week the same suspects shot and killed Policeman George Loper of the Pauls Valley Police Department while he was on his beat.
Deputy Wilson had been employed with the Grady County Sheriff's Office for six months, and is survived by his wife and six children.
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