WALTER COFFIN
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Officer Rank: Special Deputy
Memorial Panel: 44-W: 30
Department: Boise County, Idaho, S.O.
End of Watch: April 18, 1883
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: 1 day
Description: Special Deputy Coffin was shot as he and a posse attempted to arrest a double murder suspect. Deputy Coffin, who had been deputized by Sheriff Lawrence to assist with the arrest, was shot in the head and died at the scene. The suspect was not apprehended.
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