William Moore Turner, Officer
Wynnewood Police Department
Shortly after 9 P.M. on Monday, January 4, 1971, Officer Turner stopped to check a combination café/pool hall in north Wynnewood. Turner was off-duty, but Chief Rex Holmes stated it was part of Turner’s assignment to stop and check this area after completing his regular shift. Turner had also been working on a case for about three weeks concerning someone delivering marijuana in the town. Officer Turner became involved in a heated argument with George Walter Stevenson. Witnesses, after hearing a shot, found the officer dead on the floor, shot once in the head with a small caliber gun. Stevenson was arrested at the scene. At Stevenson’s trial, witnesses stated Stevenson fired a shot after walking away from a discussion with Turner. Officer Turner, 28, was survived by his wife and five children. Mrs. Turner was expecting their sixth child at the time of her husband’s death. Tuner, a Vietnam veteran, had only been on the police force for three months.