BURTON LOPEZ
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 59-W: 27
Department: Okaloosa County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: April 25, 2009
Cause: SHOT
Age: 44
Years of Service: 6
Description: Deputy Sheriffs Lopez and Warren York were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a domestic assault suspect. The two deputies attempted to apprehend the suspect by using a TASER to subdue him. The suspect responded by fatally shooting the deputies with a concealed weapon and then fled the scene in his truck. Responding officers successfully stopped the truck with spike sticks and killed the suspect during a shootout.
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