Green River Police Department, Wyoming
End of Watch Monday, April 3, 2017
Add to My HeroesMark Lamonte "Mont" Mecham
Lieutenant Mont Mecham succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on October 14th, 1996, when he and another officer attempted to question a man about a murder.
The officers were let into the house before the suspect opened fire on them, striking Lieutenant Mecham in the neck and the other officer in the arm. Despite his wounds, the other officer was able to return fire and wounded the man.
The man barricaded himself in the attic until being taken into custody by a SWAT team.
Lieutenant Mecham's never fully recovered and died from complications of the gunshot wound on April 3rd, 2017.
Lieutenant Mecham had served in law enforcement for 33 years before medically retiring in 2003.
Bio
- Age 67
- Tour 33 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Monday, October 14, 1996
- Weapon Shotgun
- Offender Not available
Most Recent Reflection
View all 9 ReflectionsMy sweet Mont!
2 years have gone by without you in my life!
I love and miss you my hero, my husband!
LT Mont Mecham
EOW 4/3/2017
I will be forever grateful to have had you in my life and in my heart!
MLWND!
Carol Mecham
Wife
May 1, 2019
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