Bio & Incident Details
Age: 27
Tour: 4 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/3/1974
Weapon: Rifle; .243 caliber
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Officer Crowder was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for hunting deer out of season. After a brief chase the man stopped and shot Officer Crowder in the stomach and back with a .243 caliber rifle. The suspect was sentenced to life and he was denied parole in 1998.
