VOLNEY TURNER
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 47-W: 25
Department: Wood County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: April 20, 1878
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Turner and two other deputies went to a residence with a warrant for the arrest of a suspect wanted for cattle theft. The suspect pulled a gun on the officers, fatally shooting Deputy Turner. The two deputies returned fire, shooting the suspect.
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