United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, July 16, 1923
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 16, 1923
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Sentenced to death
Deputy Marshal Walter Casey was shot and killed in Harrison, Arkansas, by an escaped prisoner he had recaptured.
As he walked the prisoner back into the jail, the man grabbed his .38 caliber service revolver and fatally shot him.
The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On February 1, 1924, he escaped from the Arkansas Penitentiary along with two other death row inmates. Four days later, he was shot and killed by posse men near Little Rock.