JOHN COOTS

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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 16-W: 11
Department: San Francisco, California, P.D.
End of Watch: April 26, 1877
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Police Officer Coots was ambushed and fatally shot by a 17-year-old juvenile who was angry that the officer had arrested his friend. The juvenile was convicted of murder and executed by hanging.
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