Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
End of Watch: Monday, December 19, 1921
Age: 22
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 19, 1921
Weapon Used: Handgun; .32 caliber
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff Lewis Jones was shot and killed during a period of strikes and civil unrest in the area of Leech Avenue and Chambers Street (modern-day Cunningham Drive) near the Sioux City Packing House.
He and other deputies were searching people in the streets for weapons when a man attacked another deputy. Deputy Jones was shot by the man as he chased him down the street. Other deputies returned fire and killed the subject.
Deputy Jones was survived by his father who served as the Sheriff at the time of his murder.