BENJAMIN F JONES

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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 18
Department: Bureau of Indian Affairs
End of Watch: September 20, 1876
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sheriff Jones was standing in a general store, located in Toboxy County, Oklahoma, when a blast of buckshot was fired through a window, hitting him fatally in the side. The shooter immediately surrendered to another officer, admitted the shooting and claimed self-defense because he claimed Sheriff Jones intended to kill him on sight.
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