Gene Cox

Death by Force

Gene W. Cox, aged 56, tragically lost his life on November 29, 1982, in Eureka, California. Cox, who was the Humboldt County Sheriff, was shot and killed while attempting to assist his father-in-law, Jack Alton, in a dispute at the Ebb Tide RV Park. The incident occurred just four weeks before Cox was set to retire. The confrontation involved Clarence Eugene McCutcheon, a former mental patient with a history of violent threats. McCutcheon had previously been arrested for threatening to bomb an a ...Read More

Sheriff Gene W. Cox - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)

Remembering Sheriff Gene Cox - KRCR

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