GARY RAYMOND DOWNS
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 1-W: 19
Department: Nye County, Nevada, S.O.
End of Watch: August 22, 1992
Cause: PHYS
Age: 45
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Downs died of a heart attack following a struggle in which he was punched in the chest. The incident occurred after several deputies responded to a report of a man attempting to gain entry into a house after he had been thrown out by the owner. A violent struggle ensued between the suspect and the deputies in which Deputy Downs was punched in the chest. He collapsed at the scene and died a short time later at the hospital. The suspect was arrested on a charge of open murder.
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