Gregg County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch: Friday, December 29, 1939
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 29, 1939
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff James Killingsworth was shot and killed as he and other deputies attempted to arrest a man for several robberies committed in Titus County and Upshur County.
The deputies located the man hiding underneath a bed that the man's mother was lying on. When the deputies ordered the man to come out he opened fire with a handgun, mortally wounding Deputy Killingsworth. The other deputies returned fire and killed the suspect.
Deputy Killingsworth was survived by his wife and three children.