This is the Fallen Officers Memorial that was installed within a block of my apartment. One of the officers that it memorializes is Deputy Sheriff Earl J. Bucher who was killed responding to a domestic violence call in 1940.
The gunman killed his wife and and the responding Sheriff. The man and woman were my great grandparents.
"Deputy Earl Bucher was shot and killed while responding to the scene of domestic disturbance in which a man had just shot his wife.
As Deputy Bucher approached the house, the man stuck a shotgun out of the door and shot him in the head.
The suspect then stole Deputy Bucher's gun and pinned Deputy Bucher's badge onto his own clothing. He was still wearing the badge when he was located by a posse. The man was shot and killed by the posse in a shootout that lasted more than one hour."
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