WILL TURNER

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 15-W: 30
Department: Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: April 24, 1895
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Turner was shot as he attempted to serve a warrant to a wanted desperado. The desperado fled the scene but was later captured. The desperado and a second inmate staged a jailbreak and Oklahoma City Police Chief Milton Jones (39-W: 5) was killed while attempting to arrest them. The second inmate had been incarcerated for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Sam Farris (14-E: 28).
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