Okmulgee Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Thursday, January 19, 1922
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 9, 1922
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Captain Homer Spaulding succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 10 days earlier when he and two other officers were engaged in a shootout with six members of the Barker-Karpis Gang.
The officers had stopped to assist six men who were working on a stalled car at 3:30 a.m. Two of the men suddenly pulled out handguns and opened fire, mortally wounding Captain Spaulding and wounding one of the other officers. One suspect was also shot and killed.
Captain Spaulding had served with the Okmulgee Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife and son. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma.