Deputy Sheriff William Henry Montgomery
Coconino County Sheriff's Department
Arizona
End of Watch: Saturday, November 11, 1899

Biographical Info
Age: 20
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, November 11, 1899
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Three shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff William Montgomery was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man wanted on a warrant for assault with a deadly weapon. Deputy Montgomery was accompanied to another deputy and two deputized civilians to a Navajo Indian campsite to arrest the man wanted on the warrant.

As the other deputy attempted to arrest the suspect the other Indians began to fire shots and Deputy Montgomery was shot and killed. The other sheriff and one of the deputized civilians were also shot, but survived.

Deputy Montgomery was killed on the day after his 20th birthday.