JOHN C COOMER

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 20-E: 25
Department: Burnside, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: October 1, 1913
Cause: SHOT
Age: 52
Years of Service: 18
Description: Marshal Coomer arrested a man for public intoxication and escorted him to the local jail. The man drew a pistol and shot Marshal Coomer in the back of the neck. Marshal Coomer died six days later from his injuries. The man was convicted of murder.
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