WILLIAM A HOOD

Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 61-W: 26
Department: Jefferson County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: February 2, 1928
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Constable Hood and Deputy Louis Harvill were shot and killed while on patrol. The two officers walked over to investigate two cars that were parked oddly across from a dancehall they were monitoring. As the officers passed between the two cars, shots were fired from a passenger hiding in one of the cars. Both officers were shot. Deputy Sheriff Harvill died at the scene. Constable Hood succumbed to his injuries 5 days later.
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