LEONARD FLEET STUART

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 33-E: 24
Department: Falls County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: June 19, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: 53
Years of Service: 21
Description: Deputy Stuart was patrolling a festival taking place in Durango when he was approached by a man who pulled out a pistol and began firing. Deputy Stuart was struck and killed. Twenty-one years earlier, Deputy Stuart, in his current position as deputy, had shot and killed the suspect's half-brother while attempting to make an arrest. The suspect turned himself into the authorities.
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