Deputy Sheriff William Shoemake, aged 30, was shot and killed on October 27, 1906, in DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Shoemake, who had served with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office for six months, was killed by a liquor dealer named Lee Coleman. Coleman was upset because Shoemake had arrested him for a weapons offense a few months earlier. Seeking revenge, Coleman purchased a new gun and walked into a tavern where Shoemake was present. He fired four shots, hitting Shoemake, who died
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