Deputy Sheriff Frank Curran

Deputy Sheriff Frank Curran

Delta County Sheriff's Office, Michigan

End of Watch Wednesday, June 20, 1923

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Frank Curran

Deputy Sheriff Frank Curran was shot and killed by an escapee from Marquette Prison.

The inmate, serving a life sentence for murder, had escaped four days earlier after he seized a guard's revolver. Deputy Curran, along with a posse of more than one hundred officers and men, were searching a swamp near Maple Ridge when the suspect opened fire, killing him and wounding a state police lieutenant.

The subject was shot and killed after being located by the posse four days later.

Bio

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  • Tour Not available
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Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber
  • Offender Shot and killed

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