ANDREW MADISON MCGINNIS
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Officer Rank: Special Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 23
Department: Muskogee County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: September 18, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 1
Description: Special Deputy Deputy Sheriff McGinnis and Deputy J. Flippin were in pursuit of the last remaining members of the Tom Carlisle bandit gang who were wanted for the murder of a citizen as well as the murder of Deputy Sheriff Webster Reece and the wounding of Officer Frank Edwards that had occurred the day before. The lawmen cornered the two fugitives in a thicket about five miles from where Deputy Reece had been killed. Deputy McGinnis and Deputy Flippin were both shot in the ensuing gun battle. The two fugitives were also shot and killed. Deputy McGinnis died at the scene and Deputy Flippin died early the next morning. Officer Edwards died of his wounds two months later.
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