Kevin Simmons, Patrolman 

Spencer Police Department 

            Kevin Simmons would have turned 23 on Monday, December 13, 1983, instead it was his funeral.  Officer Simmons was shot through the right cheek on Thursday, December 9, 1983 at 2:30 a.m. after a routine traffic stop.  He died less than two hours later at Oklahoma Memorial Hospital. Authorities began searching for Tollie Earl Melvin and Scott L. Moore when their driver’s licenses were discovered in Simmons pocket at the hospital.  Simmons radioed the description and tag number of the vehicle he was stopping.  The car was registered to a Chickasha resident who said later that he had loaned the car to Melvin and Moore. Scott Moore was arrested at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Chickasha where he had gone to have a gunshot wound treated.  He was moved to an undisclosed Oklahoma City Hospital where he was under guard. Melvin was arrested without incident on Sunday, December 12, 1983 at a local residence. He was then taken to the Oklahoma County Jail.  Melvin and Moore were tried for the murder of Officer Kevin Simmons. Melvin was convicted and given a life sentence. Officer Kevin Simmons’ body was transported back to Chicago to his mother for burial.