CHARLES SHERMAN PATTERSON
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Officer Rank: Special Officer
Memorial Panel: 32-W: 26
Department: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, P.D.
End of Watch: August 29, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 55
Years of Service: 11
Description: Special Officer Patterson was accidentally shot as he was in pursuit of a hobo who had boarded the Santa Fe train at Prescott, Arizona. As Officer Patterson was in pursuit of the suspect, his service weapon fell from its holster and discharged, striking him in the stomach. Officer Patterson died of his injuries the next day.
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