Deputy U.S. Marshal Floyd Wilson

Deputy U.S. Marshal Floyd Wilson

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government

End of Watch Tuesday, December 13, 1892

Floyd Wilson

Deputy Marshal Floyd Wilson was shot and killed near Lenapah, Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma).

The suspect was apprehended and convicted but was pardoned for Deputy Marshal Wilson's murder in 1903 for his assistance with talking a man into surrendering during an 1895 gunfight in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in which Guard Lawrence Keating, also of the United States Marshals Service, was murdered.

It is believed that Marshal Wilson and the suspect were part of the marshals posse under Marshal Bob Dalton before Bob Dalton turned outlaw. After being pardoned the subject continued to rob banks and was shot and killed during a bank robbery in Arkansas in 1921. A relative of the suspect also killed United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Officer Frank West in 1893.

Deputy Marshal Wilson had served with the United States Marshals Service for seven years and had previously served with the Little Rock Police Department.

Bio

Age 28
Tour 7 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Location Oklahoma
Weapon Rifle
Offender Not available

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Your heroism and service is honored today, the 117th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

December 13, 2009