Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Kansas
End of Watch: Saturday, April 3, 1971
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 957
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: April 3, 1971
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Detective Gerald Foote was killed in a two-car crash on I-35, near 119th Street, while conducting a homicide investigation with an Olathe Police Department officers.
He and the other officer had traveled to Kansas City, Missouri, to interview an informant in the case. They were returning to Johnson County when their vehicle left the roadway.
Detective Foote was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office for six years.