OLIVER SLAVEN

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 37-E: 25
Department: McCreary County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: May 9, 1920
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Slaven was shot while attempting to arrest an escaped suspect for peddling whiskey. Deputy Slaven had arrested the suspect earlier that day and the suspect had escaped custody. The suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as lawmen surrounded his residence.
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