Parole Officer David W. Burns

David W. Burns

Parole Officer David Burns succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day while transporting a prisoner from Texarkana, Texas, to the Kansas State Penitentiary.

The prisoner had been able to conceal a .32 caliber handgun and shot Officer Burns four times as they passed through Alicia, Arkansas. Officer Burns was transported to a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, where he died the following day.

Parole Officer Burns was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish American War. He is buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.