JAMES O WEST
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 47-E: 27
Department: Fulton County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: April 11, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 4
Description: Sheriff West was shot as he and the county jailer arrived at a residence to arrest a mentally deranged man who was threatening the neighbors. As Sheriff West stepped on the porch, the suspect shot him in the head. The suspect was arrested by a posse.
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