Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 1 week
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/5/1884
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: One Shot - all never captured
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Deputy Sheriff Jerell was shot and killed by stagecoach robbers. Sheriff Jerrell was returning home on a train after attempting to track some outlaws who had fled New Mexico to Texas. He was riding with a Texas Ranger when they were informed that there were stagecoach robbers onboard. When the robbers entered the officer’s stagecoach a gunfight began and Sheriff Jerell was shot and killed. One suspect was also shot by the Texas Ranger but all the suspects were able to escape.
Sheriff Jerrell had been with the agency for ten days and was survived by his wife and three children.
