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Deputy Sheriff James B. Evans | Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California

Deputy Sheriff

James B. Evans

Riverside County Sheriff's Department, California

End of Watch: Friday, May 9, 1980

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 39

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 5/9/1980

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Three shot and killed

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Deputy James Evans was shot and killed when he was ambushed by bank robbers during a pursuit. Several deputies had responded to a bank robbery call of several heavily armed men robbing a bank in Norco, California. A gunfight ensued in the parking lot in which two suspects were shot and killed and several others fled the scene in a stolen car. The pursuit entered the Lytle Creek area of the San Bernardino mountains.

The suspects suddently stopped the car and as Deputy Evans rounded a corner they opened fire, killing him. The suspects then fled on foot. During the search for them one was shot and killed and the others taken into custody.

Deputy Evans was survived by his wife, son, and three stepchildren.

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Jim was a very good friend. I was working swing shift and he was my relief for the mid-night shift on the old "Moreno Valley Team". Sometimes when things were dead we would just sit and talk.

Jim sometimes had a "different" way of solving problems. I remember one night Jim and Raul Cornajo were wroking together and they got a call of a large loud party. When they arrived Raul went to talk to the resident at the house and was immedately surrounded by several hostile "party goers". Jim lost sight of Raul and feared that Raul might be in some very serous trouble. (Closest back-up was probably 30 to 45 minutes away.) Jim took out the shotgun and fired a single round into the air. Instantly the crowd disappeared. Raul was the only one standing. The rest either scattered or were lying on the ground.

Jim was a friend you could count on in a crisis. That day the department lost a really great deputy and I lost a really good friend.

Dan Cunningham, Deputy Sheriff (Ret)
Riverside County Sheriff
May 11, 2012

 

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