Type of Officer: Sheriff’s DeputyJurisdiction: Shawnee CountyCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 6/29/1998Added to Memorial: 2000Circumstances of Death: Heart AttackShawnee County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg Stubbs died of a heart attack while on duty shortly after eight o’clock the...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 10/12/1995Added to Memorial: 1996Circumstances of Death: GunshotShortly before 3:00 A.M. on the morning of October 12, 1995, officers from the Topeka Police Department approached the front...
Type of Officer: Deputy U.S. MarshalJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 8/5/1993Added to Memorial: 1994Circumstances of Death: GunshotGene L. Goldsberry was fatally shot as he manned his post on the fourth floor of the Frank Carlson Federal Building in...
Type of Officer: Reserve Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 9/13/1975Added to Memorial: 2016Circumstances of Death: GunshotReserve Police Officer James Buffum died September 13, 1975, after he and a fellow reserve officer strugled with a...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 10/2/1973Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotTrooper Thornton stopped to investigate a hitchhiker on I-70 east of Topeka, unaware that the man was wanted in New York...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 4/11/1955Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer “Boots” Shields, who was either responding to a tip or was continuing an investigation into a burglary ring, made a...
