United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Bureau of Prohibition, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Thursday, May 10, 1928
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 10, 1928
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Federal Prohibition Agent James Capen was shot and killed as he and another officer raided a still near Cumberland, Wyoming. The suspect was granted to permission to retrieve his hat and coat but returned from his house with a rifle and shot Agent Capen in the abdomen.
The other agent returned fire, striking the suspect six times. The agent then took Agent Capen and the suspect to a hospital where they both died.
He was survived by his wife and five children.