Type of Officer: Investigator Jurisdiction: Ford County County: Ford County Death Date: 9/23/2003 Added to Memorial: 2004 Circumstances of death: Automobile Accident On the morning of September 23, 2003, Ford County Sheriff’s Office investigator Bret D. Tepe was...
Type of Officer: Police Officer Jurisdiction: Dodge City County: Ford Death Date: 5/18/1929 Added to Memorial: 1988 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Officer LeRoy Davis was shot at close range and killed when he attempted to arrest one Roy Redding for attempting to...
Type of Officer: Chief of Police Jurisdiction: Dodge City County: Ford Death Date: 11/8/1927 Added to Memorial: 1988 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Chief Cox was shot six times by a man he believed to be a chicken thief. This man, later identified by the FBI as...
Type of Officer: Assistant City Marshal Jurisdiction: Dodge City County: Ford Death Date: 7/21/1884 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Well-known former buffalo hunter Nixon had a long-running feud with another well-known character, “Mysterious”...
Type of Officer: Deputy U.S. Marshal Jurisdiction: Dodge City County: Ford Death Date: 7/13/1878 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Deputy U.S. Marshal McCarty was drinking in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City when on Thomas Roach, angered that...
Type of Officer: City Marshal Jurisdiction: Dodge City County: Ford Death Date: 4/9/1878 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot City Marshal Masterson (older brother of Bat Masterson) disarmed Jack Wagner, who was drunk and in violation of Dodge...
