WILLIAM A WEST
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 6-W: 23
Department: Cushing, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: July 18, 1931
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: 2
Description: Patrolman West and Police Officer Ritter were searching for the men who robbed a citizen earlier that day. While searching in a darkened garage, Patrolman West was shot and killed by one of the robbers who was hiding from the officers. Patrolman West was shot in the leg and through the heart.
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