San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, California
End of Watch Friday, October 20, 1989
Dighton Lewis Little
Deputy Dighton Little was shot and killed while serving a warrant as a member of his department's SWAT team. While outside of the suspect's trailer he was shot in the head with a high powered rifle fired through a window. The suspect was then shot and killed by other officers. Deputy Little was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Bio
- Age 35
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Rifle
- Offender Shot and killed
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