BRIGGS CHUMLEY

BRIGGS CHUMLEY Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 46-E: 4
Department: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: November 3, 1924
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Detective Chumley and another detective confronted a suspect just minutes after a robbery. Detectives searched the suspect and, after finding no weapon, the detectives holstered their weapons. The suspext then pulled a gun from inside his coveralls and shot both detectives, killing Chumley. The suspect escaped the scene, was later captured and sentenced to life imprisonment..
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