Marengo County Sheriff's Department, Alabama
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 12, 1983
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: MG-6
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 12, 1983
Weapon Used: Handgun; .22 caliber
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Deputy Conner was shot and killed when he and another deputy responded to a call involving a man with a gun. The deputies located the man in a rural part of Marengo County and ordered him to exit his vehicle. As Deputy Conner reached into his patrol car to get the shotgun the man opened fire with a .22 caliber pistol, fatally wounding Deputy Conner. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 2001.
Deputy Conner had been with the agency for 11 and one half years.