JAMES LOUIS WRIGHT
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Officer Rank: Chief Deputy
Memorial Panel: 27-W: 21
Department: Polk County, Tennessee, S.D.
End of Watch: March 8, 1958
Cause: SHOT
Age: 49
Years of Service: 10
Description: Deputy Wright and Deputy Rogers were both shot as they stepped from their patrol car to make a routine check at a local tavern. Both deputies were shot in the head and killed instantly. This case has never been solved, and is believed to be politically motivated.
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