City Marshal Homer Edgell Fry

Homer Edgell Fry

Marshal Fry was shot and killed at 0140 hours while checking on a suspicious pickup truck that was parked in an alley behind a grocery store and shoe store. He was shot in the chest and wrist during a shootout with the suspects. He was able to return to his patrol car and call for assistance. He taken to St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, where he succumbed to his wounds three hours later.

The suspect was never tried for Marshal Fry's murder.

Marshal Fry had served with the agency for 10 years. He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, parents, sister and grandmother.