MARION DAVID ROBERTSON
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 8-W: 25
Department: Erath County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: March 29, 1879
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 1
Description: Deputy Robertson, Deputy John Ross and two other deputies went to a residence to arrest a suspect for unlawfully carrying a firearm. The suspect resisted and his brother shot at the officers. Deputy Robertson and Deputy John Ross were both killed. The other two deputies were unharmed. The shooter was arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
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