David Warner "Rocky" Eales, Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

About 12:30 A.M. Friday, September 24, 1999, Trooper Eales, 49, and his tactical team partner Trooper John “Buddy” Hamilton, 39, were in a Ford Bronco, the lead vehicle of several law enforcement vehicles which converged on the shanty of Kenneth Eugene Barrett, 38, about five miles northwest of Sallisaw, with an arrest warrant for Barrett and a search warrant. As Eales stopped the Bronco in front of the shack and prepared to exit the vehicle Barrett stepped on to his front porch and sprayed gunfire from an AR-15 assault rifle. One of the bullets hit Eales under his right armpit, traveled across his chest and exited out his left side. Hamilton was hit in the eye and shoulder with fragments from glass and/or bullets. Other officers in the caravan opened fire on Barrett wounding him. Trooper Eales died en route to the hospital. Eales was survived by his wife Kelli, a young son and a daughter.
Barrett was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in his second state trial after the first trial ended in a mistrial. He was sentenced to 30 years in the state prison.  In Barrett’s federal trial for intentionally killing a law enforcement officer during the commission of a drug trafficking crime and related weapons charges, he was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death.

Sean David Earp, Deputy Sheriff

Mayes County Sheriffs Office

On Sunday morning July 27, 1997, Deputy Earp, 22, had gone south of the small town of Rose on a call of a man with a gun. Finding the man gone Deputy Earp radioed that he would check the turnpike for the man. At about 10:25 A.M. Earp was traveling north on a county road and turned on to Highway 412, disregarding a stop sign in his haste. His cruiser was struck by an eastbound car and pushed 73 feet into the front of a flea market building. Deputy Earp was pinned in his car for 40 minutes and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two men in the other car received minor injuries. His parents survived Deputy Earp, who had only been a full time deputy 27 days

Ted Eaton, Deputy Sheriff

Stevens County Sheriff's Office - Kansas

Stevens County, Kansas was just north of what was then called “No man’s land” and later became the Oklahoma panhandle. The towns of Hugoton and Woodsdale in Stevens County became embroiled in a bitter county seat war in 1886. Hugoton was finally named the county seat. John M. Cross was elected Sheriff of Steven’s County over Sam Robinson in a desperately fought race. The embittered Robinson became City Marshal of Hugoton. In early 1888, City Marshal Robinson processed some county bonds to try and encourage railroad development in the area. His opponents claimed he had illegally overstepped his authority and got a warrant issued for Robinson’s arrest. Robinson and some of his allies fought off attempts to serve the warrant in Hugoton. In July of 1888, Robinson went into “No man’s land” on a camping trip. Woodsdale City Marshal Ed Short and a posse were sent to arrest Robinson while he was away from Hugoton. Unable to locate Robinson, Marshal Short sent back word for more men. County Sheriff Cross deputized a posse of four men, Ted Eaton, Bob Hubbard, Roland Wilcox and Herbert Tooney and rode out to assist Marshal Short. In the mean time Short had lost his way and became involved in a gun battle with a posse from Hugoton that pursued him back to Woodsdale Robinson had learned that Short and his posse were searching for him and returned to Hugoton, recruited a 15-man posse and started back to “No man’s land” after Short, unaware that he had already been chased back to Woodsdale. On Wednesday, July 25, 1888, unable to find Short or Robinson, Sheriff Cross and his men were returning back to Woodsdale when they encountered some men working in a hayfield. The officers bedded down for the night in the hayfield in what is now northern Cimarron County, Oklahoma. The officers were awakened a few hours later and found themselves the prisoners of Marshal Robinson and his posse. One by one, Sheriff Cross and his deputies were gunned down by Robinson and his men. The hay workers witnessed the shootings but were not harmed. Robinson and posse then returned to Hugoton. Sheriff Cross, Deputies Ted Eaton, Bob Hubbard and Roland Wilcox died at the scene but Deputy Herbert Tooney survived to testify against Robinson. Marshal Robinson and five of his possemen were tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Federal Court in Paris, Texas. They were all released later when the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the Paris Court had no jurisdiction in the case as “No man’s land” was not part of the United States at the time. They were never tried again.

Frank Edwards, Officer

Tahlequah Police Department

Shortly after 4 A.M. on Sunday, September 17, 1932, Officer Edwards was part of a four member posse formed by Muskogee County Deputy Sheriff Webster Reece in an attempt to apprehend three men wanted for the murder of a women earlier in the month near Braggs. The posse set up a roadblock in a curve of a rural highway near Standing Rock on the Illinois River about 20 miles south of Tahlequah. A police car was placed across the road with Deputy Reece behind it to signal the other officers, who were concealed beside the road, with a flashlight. A car came into the curve faster than expected and skidded to a stop blowing out one of the tires. Deputy Reece signaled with the flashlight and was immediately shot and killed by the occupants of the car. The other officers opened fire on the car. Officer Edwards was wounded in the neck. When the shooting stopped the officers approached the car and found one of the men dead and the other two had escaped. Officer Edwards was taken to the Tahlequah Hospital. The other two men who escaped were cornered the next day and killed but not before killing two more officers. Officer Edwards recovered well enough to be released from the hospital a couple weeks later. Over the next three weeks Officer Edwards went down town a couple times. Still weak he caught pneumonia and was taken to the hospital on Tuesday, October 25th and died at 1:20 P.M. that afternoon. Officer Edwards left behind his wife Blanche.

Jason August Edwards, Deputy Sheriff

Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office

On Christmas Eve, 1925, Deputy Edwards and the rural town of Gans’ Constable Luther Lewellen were looking for a man named I. L. Martin, 22, who reportedly was carrying a gun. About 9 P.M. they located Martin with two other men in a buggy west of Gans. When the officers approached the buggy and advised Martin he was under arrest, Martin pulled his gun and shot Deputy Edwards once in the forehead, killing him instantly. Martin escaped on foot but was arrested the next day, Christmas Day, and charged with the murder of Edwards

Paul Douglas Eirwin Sr, Agent

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Comm.

Agent Eirwin, a 14-year veteran of the A.B.L.E. Commission, was traveling from Clinton to Durant the morning of Saturday, March 14, 1992, to meet another agent to inspect a club. Four miles north of Alfalfa in Caddo County on Highway 58, Agent Eirwin, 43, was involved in a traffic accident and died of his injuries.

Edward Allen Elliott, Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Thursday night, August 24, 1980, Trooper Elliott, 42, and his partner, Trooper Tom Flanagan, stopped a semi-truck pulling a lowboy trailer for speeding on the H. E. Baily Turnpike, eight miles north of Elgin. The troopers and the truck driver, John S. Carr, were standing between the patrol unit and the lowboy trailer when a car driven by David J. Laase ran into the back of the patrol unit at about 55 mph. Trooper Flanagan and Carr were knocked onto the lowboy trailer and sustained minor injuries. Trooper Elliott was knocked under the trailer, sustaining fatal internal injuries. Laase was charged with negligent homicide. His wife, Wanda, a son and two stepdaughters survived Trooper Elliott.

Jess W. Elliott, Deputy Sheriff

Rogers County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Elliott was in Catoosa serving legal papers on Thursday, November 3, 1892, when he became involved in a fight in a pool hall with Bob Talton alias Bob Rogers, 19, who was on probation for horse stealing. Other patrons threw Talton out and held Elliott inside until Talton had time to get away. However, Talton waited outside for Elliott to leave. After Elliott came out and got on his horse, Talton attacked the deputy and cut his throat, leaving Elliott lying in the street bleeding to death. Talton left for a short time but returned to kick and stomp the body while wearing the deputy’s hat. Talton was hanged on July 31, 1896 for the deputy’s murder.

G Ralph Ellis, Deputy Constable

Bristow, Creek County 

On Saturday afternoon November 6, 1915, 26 year old G. “Ralph” Ellis was deputized along with A. U. Alcorn by Constable C. C. Hartman to assist him in raiding liquor joints and gambling houses in Depew later that evening. The three lawmen arrived in Depew about 7 PM and raided several places before midnight and captured a quantity of liquor. They next proceeded to the Armstrong place, which served as a dance hall, plus a liquor and gambling joint, arriving about midnight. The officers broke in the door and arrested the participants of a dice game except for a few who escaped. Alcorn was left to guard the prisoners away from the house while Constable Hartman and Ellis returned to wait on any of the men who fled who might return. The officers arrested one man in the yard and Ellis was left to guard him while Hartman went inside. A little while later about 1 AM the morning of Sunday November 7, 1915, Hartman heard shots outside and ran to find Ellis dead from being shot several times including once in the head and once in the heart. Ellis’ gun was missing along with his prisoner. Ellis was survived by his wife and was the son of Deputy U S Marshal William N. Ellis.

William Summer "Bill" Ellis, City Marshal

City of Ochelata

On Saturday morning, October 25, 1924, Marshal Ellis went to a local garage to investigate a report of weapons in a car brought in for repairs by two brothers, R. L. Stevens, 26, and Eddie, 21. The marshal soon learned that the car was stolen from Kansas and a gunfight broke out between the marshal and the two brothers. The marshal wounded Eddie Stevens in the abdomen and lung before R. L. Stevens shot the marshal fatally in the throat. Marshal Ellis was survived by his wife and one child.

Jerry D. Emerson, Jailer

Logan County Sheriffs Office

Shortly after three o’clock the afternoon of Thursday, May 14, 1903, Jailer Anderson was escorting a prisoner, W. W. Montgomery, from his cell to the shower area in the southwest corner of the Logan County jail. As they neared the bath room Montgomery grabbed one of the two pistols that were in the rear pockets of Emerson’s trousers. As he grabbed the gun Montgomery commanded Emerson to throw up his hands. Instead Emerson drew the other gun from his trousers and fired twice at Montgomery, hitting him once in the groin. Montgomery fired in return striking Emerson in the breast and forehead. Emerson fell to the floor and continued shooting as he called to his wife, who was in the front part of the jail, to bring him the other revolver. As Mrs. Emerson started with the revolver she was intercepted by Montgomery. She fired at Montgomery wounding him in the chest but Montgomery was able to wrench the gun from her right hand, severely injuring her little finger. Montgomery then escaped out of the jail. Jailer Emerson was dead when his wife got to him. The Emersons had three children.

 Montgomery was hiding under a house when he was arrested the next week and charged with the murder of Jailer Emerson.

George W England, Chief

Coalgate Police Department

About 1 o’clock in the morning Friday, September 30, 1910, Chief England, 35, was walking down Main Street when James Thompson, the half brother of Park Thompson, approached him. Chief England had killed Park Thompson in an earlier shootout. The Chief and James exchanged words then James shot the Chief five times with a .45 revolver. Chief England was found lying in the street, shot three times in the right side of the chest, once in the right side of the head and once in the back of the head. Chief England’s wife survived him.

Choc Douglas Ericsson, Agent

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs 

John Nelson Ernst, Deputy Sheriff

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Ernst was summoned to quell a disturbance resulting from a game of craps on Christmas Eve 1910. Upon his appearance the crowd turned on the deputy. During the melee, which followed deputy Ernst was shot and killed.

Charles W. Estes, Deputy Game Warden

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

The morning of Sunday, February 26, 1911, Estes left his home in Jenks and rode to the area of Turkey Mountain to investigate complaints that some men were illegally hunting ducks on Sunday. At that time Turkey Mountain was about five miles south of Tulsa but today is near where 71st Street intersects the Arkansas River. Estes rode to the top of the mountain, left his horse and walked down the side of the mountain searching for the illegal hunters. Between 1 and 2 P.M. a nearby resident heard two gunshots and went to investigate. He found the 40 year-old Game Warden dead with a single .33 caliber rifle shot wound to his abdomen. Estes’ Colt revolver, cartridge belt and money were missing. The second shot could have been a missed shot by the killer or Estes returning fire. Neither the killer nor Estes’ property was ever found. His wife survived Estes.

Fred Evans, Posseman/Constable

City of Mannford

Evans, 40, was a member of a posse made up of local men looking for two men who robbed two other men the morning of Friday, December 1, 1911. About 8 P.M. that night the suspects, Bud and Bob Walker, were located in a house in Mannford. When the posse called for the men to surrender the posse was met with gunfire. Evans was hit and killed with the first volley. During the melee, the suspects escaped. Bud Walker was located just before midnight and was wounded by a shotgun blast. Deputy Constable D. H. Poulter then took him to the Mannford jail. A few hours later a group of 25 men broke into the jail, subdued the Deputy and dragged Bud Walker out in to the street. Walker was forced to run for his life while the mob opened fire on him, shooting him down in the street. Wounded at least a half a dozen times but still alive, Walker was hanged from a nearby telephone and shot several more times. The Sheriff cut the body down that afternoon. Bob Walker was arrested about 4 A.M. that morning in Claremore.

Matthew Scott Evans, Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

About 3 A.M. on Thursday, August 31, 2000, Trooper Evans, 24, was west bound on I-40 in the inside lane starting to pass a semi-tractor truck and trailer near Pennsylvania Ave. in Oklahoma City, responding to another Trooper’s call for assistance. At that moment a Pontiac Firebird speeding east bound in the west bound lanes of I-40 was being pursued by Oklahoma City Police Officer Jeffery D Rominger. The Firebird went around the semi-truck on its left side, clipped the front left corner of the truck and hit Trooper Evans’ patrol unit head-on. Officer Rominger, close behind the Firebird, collided with the other two vehicles, which had burst into flames. Trooper Evans and the two people in the Firebird died at the scene. Officer Rominger died shortly after arriving at University Hospital. Trooper Evans was survived by his wife, Jennifer.

Ian Todd Ewing, Deputy Sheriff

Kay County Sheriff's Office

On Thursday, May 6, 1999, about 5:25 P.M. Deputy Ewing, 27, was responding to assist a reserve deputy who had stopped a vehicle possibly containing three armed suspects in a burglary. Deputy Ewing had his emergency equipment activated as he approached Hubbard Street while north bound on Union Street in Ponca City. A van collided with Ewing’s unit in the intersection. Deputy Ewing was pinned in his unit over an hour and a half and died at the scene. His wife, Shawna, survived the deputy.

Levi A. "Bill" Ezzell, Deputy Sheriff

Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office

The afternoon of Monday, August 24, 1914, Deputy Ezzell, age 41, was returning to the county jail in Oklahoma City walking with Warren Mankin who had just been arraigned before Justice of the Peace T. F. Donnell for stealing bicycles. Near Hudson and Main Streets Mankin broke loose from Ezell and started running down an alley when Deputy Ezzell drew his automatic gun and threw it at the escaping prisoner. The gun hit Mankin in the back then fell to the payment. Upon striking the pavement the gun discharged with the bullet striking Deputy Ezzell in the stomach. Deputy Ezzell died at 5:45 p.m. following surgery at the Post Graduate Hospital from loss of blood as the bullet had struck a large blood vessel near his liver. Deputy Ezzell was survived by his wife Mattie and three children.