Lee County Sheriff's Department, Texas
End of Watch: Monday, December 3, 1883
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 1, 1883
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Never identified
Deputy Heffington was shot and killed while searching for a suspect wanted for a robbery and murder. While he was searching an unidentified man stepped out from behind some boxes, said something to him, and then shot him. Deputy Heffington signed a statement while on his death bed implicating a man for the murder, but he man was found not guilty, and the case was never solved.
Deputy Heffington was survived by his wife and children.