HENRY F NELSON
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 9-W: 13
Department: Riverside County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: September 22, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 16
Description: Deputy Nelson and Deputy Theodore Crossley went to investigate a report grand theft. When the deputies arrived at the scene, Deputy Crossley was shot immediately as he stepped from the patrol vehicle. Deputy Nelson was found still seated in the patrol car, shot once in the head. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to death.
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