Martin Luther "Luke" Arterberry , Officer

Mangum Police Department

Officer Arterberry, 32, was accidentally shot by his own weapon about 6 P.M. on November 4, 1969, when it fell out of his holster while he was setting in a reclining chair in the police station. His holster did not have a safety strap to hold the weapon and the weapon, a Spanish made .38 revolver, did not have any safety feature to prevent it from firing if the hammer received a sharp blow. The bullet went through the back of the chair striking Arterberry in the side penetrating his liver and one lung. Officer Arterberry died within a few minutes and was survived by a wife and two children

Stephen Cleburn Gable, Officer

Mangum Police Department

About 9 P.M. on Saturday, June 8, 1946, Officer Gable arrested Egtill Buddy McKinney, 35, for public drunk near the intersection of Jefferson and Pennsylvania Streets, northeast of the courthouse square. Officer Gable was escorting McKinney to jail when McKinney struck out at the officer with a knife and cut his throat on the left side, severing major arteries. Officer Gable, 50, died at the scene. Witnesses observed McKinney kick Officer Gable in the head several times as he lay dying. His wife and eight children survived Gable. About 9 P.M. on Saturday, June 8, 1946, Officer Gable arrested Egtill Buddy McKinney, 35, for public drunk near the intersection of Jefferson and Pennsylvania Streets, northeast of the courthouse square. Officer Gable was escorting McKinney to jail when McKinney struck out at the officer with a knife and cut his throat on the left side, severing major arteries. Officer Gable, 50, died at the scene. Witnesses observed McKinney kick Officer Gable in the head several times as he lay dying. His wife and eight children survived Gable.