JAMES W WOOD

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 28
Department: Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, S.O.
End of Watch: March 12, 1869
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Sheriff Wood was shot while serving a warrant to two suspects who were wanted on a charge of attempted murder. As Deputy Wood read the warrant, the suspect shot him in the chest. Deputy Wood died at the scene. The suspect committed suicide.
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