Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, January 5, 1984
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: January 5, 1984
Weapon Used: Officer's weapon
Suspect Info: Not available
Correctional Officer Dalton Cawthray was accidentally shot and killed while cleaning guns in the jail armory.
One of the guns was loaded and discharged, striking him in the chest. He was assigned to the Clemens Unit.
Officer Cawthray was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and mother.