WALTER FISHER

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 24
Department: Will County, Illinois, S.P.
End of Watch: April 14, 1926
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: 5
Description: Deputy Fisher was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted for robbery. Deputy Fisher was contacted by the town doctor that a suspect had just robbed a mail truck. While fleeing, the suspect took the doctors' black Ford automobile. Deputy Fisher gave pursuit and caught the fleeing suspect. Deputy Fisher instructed the suspect to exit the car. The suspect, armed with two hand guns, fatally shot Deputy Fisher several times.
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