RAY COMPTON
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 51-E: 5
Department: Rush County, Indiana, S.D.
End of Watch: October 3, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Compton was shot and killed by a fleeing suspect. Sheriff Compton's assailant shot and wounded Colonel Lynn Black as he and his men attempted to apprehend him. Colonel Black died from complications due to the wound 12 years later.
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