Bio & Incident Details
Age: 47
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/26/1889
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Both apprehended
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Sheriff May was shot and killed by two cousins he had removed a weapon from earlier. They returned to town after getting another gun and shot and killed Sheriff May. One suspect turned himself in a received 40 years in prison the other was captured and sentenced to life in prison.
Sheriff May had been with the agency for two years.
