Milam County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, April 7, 1887
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 7, 1887
Weapon Used: Rifle; Winchester
Suspect Info: Charged with murder
Deputy Sheriff Lee Pool was shot and killed around 8 p.m. as he and a posse attempted to arrest a man who had murdered Deputy Sheriff Richard McCoy, of the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office, on May 16th, 1881.
As the deputies identified themselves at the home of the suspect some 10 miles southwest of Rockdale, the suspect refused to surrender and opened fire from inside the home with a Winchester rifle. Deputy Pool, standing outside next to a tree, was struck and fatally wounded. The suspect was eventually apprehended and charged with Deputy Pool's murder.
Deputy Pool was survived by his parents and brother.