United States Department of Labor - Immigration Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, October 28, 1925
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 10 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: October 27, 1925
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrol Inspector Ross Gardner was killed in a motorcycle crash while returning to Elsinore, California, from San Diego, California, from a temporary duty assignment.
He was riding a government motorcycle that he had taken to San Diego to get repaired. He struck a stalled vehicle that was parked with no lights on in a travel lane of the highway just outside of Elsinore.
Inspector Gardner had served with the United States Border Patrol for only 10 months. He was survived by his mother.