MOSES EDGAR PRUITT

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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 34-E: 23
Department: Berwyn, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: October 12, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service:
Description: Constable Pruitt and a deputy raided a dice game. One of the suspects drew a gun and shot Constable Pruitt twice in the lower abdomen. Constable Pruitt returned fire, striking the suspect. Constable Pruitt died the next day. The suspect, while hospitalized, was shot and killed by Constable Pruitt's brother, who was then charged with murder.
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