Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Sunday, March 16, 1941
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: March 16, 1941
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Police Officer L.R. Rogers was shot and killed while responding to the scene of the murder of Special Agent Winfield Wooten, of the Missouri-Kentucky-Texas Railroad Police Department.
Agent Wooten had stopped two juveniles for speeding. One of the juveniles attacked him and then shot him with his own service weapon.
Officer Rogers was one of several officers responding to the scene and was shot and killed by the suspect as he stepped from his car. Other officers returned fire and killed the suspect.