Lieutenant Mark Lamonte "Mont" Mecham, Green River Police Department, Wyoming

Lieutenant Mark Lamonte "Mont" Mecham

Green River Police Department, Wyoming

End of Watch Monday, April 3, 2017

Mark 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

murder suspect

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I hope everyone will find comfort in Acts 24:15 - "And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous." Until we see our loved ones again on an earthly Paradise, please accept my condolences.

A.W. Montgomery
Concerned Citizen

August 24, 2018