Roff Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Sunday, June 24, 1923
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 23, 1923
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Acquitted
Marshal Walter Floyd was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who had refused to surrender a shotgun he was carrying through town.
Marshal Floyd was unarmed during the initial confrontation and went to arm himself. When he returned to Ninth Street to arrest the man, he was shot. He died at 3:00 am the following morning.
The suspect, who pleaded self-defense, was tried and acquitted.
He was survived by his wife and two children.