DAVID LEON GWIN

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 6-W: 26
Department: Macon County, Missouri, S.O.
End of Watch: June 24, 2007
Cause: PHYS
Age: 67
Years of Service: 24
Description: Deputy Gwin died of a heart attack after being assaulted by an inmate at the Macon County jail. While attempting to place the suspect in the lock-up cell, the suspect struck Deputy Gwin in the chest and abdomen. Deputy Gwin began to spit-up blood and he lost consciousness. Deputy Gwin was transported to the hospital and was being treated in the emergency room when he suffered a heart attack and died.
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