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| Deputy Sheriff James McMahan
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Texas
End of Watch: Monday, January 16, 1871 Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 1 day
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, January 16, 1871
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available Deputy McMahan and Deputy Charles Nichols were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect. While the officers attempted to handcuff him he produced a handgun and shot both officers.
The suspect was one of two brothers known as the Younger Gang who shot and killed Deputy Edwin Daniels, of the St. Clair County, Missouri, Sheriff's Department, on March 17, 1874. The brother who murdered Deputy Nichols and Deputy McMahan was also shot and killed in the shootout. The Younger Gang was also connected to the death of Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Officer Frank West in 1886 by the husband of Bell Starr, an accomplice of the Younger Gang.
Deputy McMahan had served with the agency for one day. He was survived by his wife. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
