United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, February 19, 1967
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 2 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 19, 1967
Weapon Used: Rifle; .30-.30
Suspect Info: Released by judge
Patrolman Adolph Bush was shot and killed while responding to a domestic assault in Randlett, Utah.
When he arrived at the scene he was directed to a rear room of the house where the suspect was located. As he entered the bedroom the male subject shot him in the chest with a .30-.30 carbine rifle. The subject shot him a second time after he fell to the ground.
The man used a radio in Patrolman Bush's patrol car to call other officers, who arrived at the scene and arrested him. The man appeared before a notoriously liberal federal judge who released him.
Patrolman Bush was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Police for two months and was assigned to the Northern Ute Uintah Ourray Reservation. He was survived by his wife and two young children.