Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Gunfire
Location: California
Incident Date: 9/13/1892
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Deputy Marshal McGinnis and Deputy Marshal Vernon Wilson were shot and killed in Fresno County, California, while they attempted to arrest two suspects wanted for the murder of Tulare County, California, Deputy Oscar Beaver one month earlier.
The suspects were Chris Evans and John Sontag, notorious California train robbers. A little less than a year later, Sontag was killed and Evans was apprehended after a gun battle with a posse. Evans lost an eye and his right hand in the fight.
Chris Evans was convicted of the murder of all three officers and sentenced to life in Folsom Prison. He was paroled in 1912.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Deputy Sheriff Oscar A. Beaver |
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Deputy Marshal Vernon Coke Wilson |
