WILLIAM E TEVIS

Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 17
Department: Kentucky State Police
End of Watch: May 26, 1963
Cause: SHOT
Age: 30
Years of Service: 4
Description: Trooper Tevis was shot in the back of the head by a suspect he had arrested. The Troopers were escorting the suspect to headquarters when the man pulled a concealed .38 handgun and shot Trooper Tevis in the head. Trooper LeRoy Faulconer returned fire and killed the suspect.
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