Deputy Sheriff Donald Leeroy Brown

Donald Leeroy Brown

Deputy Brown was shot and killed when he responded to reports of a man pointing a shotgun at school children. The suspect was known to Deputy Brown and when he arrived at the scene the man's mother let him in the house. As Deputy Brown approached the second floor of the residence the suspect appeared from a bedroom and shot Deputy Brown in the chest with the shotgun.

The suspect was found guilty of charges connected with Deputy Brown's murder.