Waseca County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota
End of Watch: Saturday, September 4, 1976
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 24 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: September 4, 1976
Weapon Used: Shotgun; 12 gauge
Suspect Info: Died in mental hospital in 1984
Sheriff Donald Eustice was shot and killed while serving mental commitment papers on a subject.
As he and another deputy approached the man's farmhouse, the subject acknowledged them and then shot the unarmed Sheriff Eustice in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun. The other deputy then ordered the man to drop his gun and took him into custody.
The subject, 64, was found incompetent to stand trial and committed to a mental institution at St. Peter where he died in 1984.
Sheriff Eustice had served in law enforcement for 24 years. He was survived by his wife and nine children.