Deputy Sheriff Dewayne Arlyn Crenshaw, Tippah County Sheriff's Department, Mississippi

Deputy Sheriff Dewayne Arlyn Crenshaw

Tippah County Sheriff's Department, Mississippi

End of Watch Friday, December 3, 2010

Dewayne Arlyn Crenshaw

Deputy Sheriff Dewayne Crenshaw was shot and killed after responding to a call of a domestic dispute at a home on County Road 500.

Deputy Crenshaw and another deputy responded to the call at approximately 4:00 am in a rural area near Ripley. When they arrived at the scene they encountered a male subject outside. As they made contact with the man, Deputy Crenshaw was fatally shot.

The suspect was arrested and charged with capital murder.

Deputy Crenshaw was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He had served as a patrol deputy for the Tippah County Sheriff's Department for seven years and had previously served as a detention officer with the agency.

He is survived by his wife, four children, one stepchild, mother, three sisters, and one stepbrother. One of his sons also works for the department.

Bio

Age 62
Tour 7 years
Badge T-5
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Charged with capital murder

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Deputy Crenshaw your sacrifice will never be forgotten! Thank you for your dedicated service to the Citizens of Tippah County! Continue to Rest in Peace.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of GOD." Matthew 5:9

Corporal Tony Dunn
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Troop D

December 3, 2015