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Deputy Sheriff Leroy Dale Brown | Cochise County Sheriff's Department, Arizona
Cochise County Sheriff's Department, Arizona

Deputy Sheriff

Leroy Dale Brown

Cochise County Sheriff's Department, Arizona

End of Watch: Saturday, December 6, 1969

Biographical Info

Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 5 months
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 6, 1969
Weapon Used: Handgun; .25 caliber
Suspect Info: Committed suicide

Deputy Sheriff Leroy Brown was shot and killed by a man he had arrested several months earlier.

He was eating in the Dairy Burger restaurant in Bowie, Arizona when the man saw him and entered the establishment. The subject ordered a hot cup of coffee and then approached Deputy Brown. He threw the coffee into Deputy Brown's face, and as Deputy Brown stood up, he shot him twice. The man then fled to a nearby school and committed suicide.

Deputy Brown was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and served with the Cochise County Sheriff's Department for five months. He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents, and four sisters.