Killeen Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Wednesday, April 4, 1917
Age: 46
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 4, 1917
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
City Marshal John Blair was shot and killed as he attempted to stop a shootout between a father, son, and a man the father thought was having an affair with his wife.
Marshal Blair and the father were both killed.
Three years later, the son and the man accused of the affair were in another shootout in which the son was killed.
Marshal Blair was survived by his wife, four daughters, mother, and seven siblings.