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James B. Evans, a 39-year-old Deputy Sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on May 9, 1980, in Lytle Creek, California. On that fateful day, Deputy Evans was involved in a high-stakes pursuit following a bank robbery at the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California. The robbers, heavily armed and dressed in military fatigues, had engaged in a violent confrontation with law enforcement, resulting in a chaotic chase through Riverside and San Bernardino co ...Read More
Victim Details

James B. Evans

Male

White / Caucasian

Lytle-creek

CA

1980-05-09

39

James

Evans

11/28/2025