Deputy Sheriff Crockett M (Jack) Riddell

End of Watch: Fri, Jan 13th, 1933

Date of Incident: Fri, Jan 13th, 1933

Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)

Service Time: Not Known

Age: 30

Survivors

His wife and three year-old daughter

Incident

Deputy Riddell was shot and killed while questioning four men who were loitering at the corner of 12th and Zane Streets. As Deputy Riddell searched the men for weapons, one of them shot him in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun from a distance of 15 feet.

All four men fled and were never apprehended.

Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.