JOAQUIN DELATORRE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 63-E: 5
Department: Monterey County, California, S.D.
End of Watch: November 10, 1855
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy De La Torre, Deputy Jim Beckwith and Deputy Charles Layton were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted for murdering two other people. The suspect was captured by a mob and lynched.
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