Bio & Incident Details
Age: 27
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/14/1930
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Sentenced to 50 years
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Deputy Cox was shot and killed by the 16 year-old brother of a man he had arrested the day before. Deputy Cox was eating lunch in a restaurant when the boy approached and shot him several times.
The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison on April 18, 1930.
Deputy Cox was survived by his wife and child.
