OSCAR WILLIAM MEYER
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 50-W: 16
Department: Eagle County, Colorado, S.D.
End of Watch: November 2, 1937
Cause: SHOT
Age: 49
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Meyer was notified that a wanted armed robber was seen leaving town with his family. Deputy Meyer intercepted the 17 year old suspect just west of Tennessee Pass. When Deputy Meyer forced the pickup to a stop, the suspect exited the vehicle with a gun and shot Deputy Meyer twice in the chest. The suspect fled in Deputy Meyer's vehicle, but was captured three weeks later in Hastings, Nebraska. The suspect was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In October 1969, he walked away from a prison honor camp and was subsequently killed in a shootout with Denver police officers on November 28, 1969.
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