WILLIAM FRANCIS HENDERSON

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 24-E: 22
Department: Lynn County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: August 29, 1954
Cause: SHOT
Age: 52
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Sheriff Henderson was fatally shot with his own gun after conducting a traffic stop. While questioning one of the occupants in the car, Deputy Henderson was attacked by the man who gained control of the service weapon and fired. Deputy Henderson died at the scene. The suspect committed suicide.
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