On March 4, 1955, a 38-year-old male, Deputy Sheriff Edward “Red” Phillips, joined a fast-moving manhunt through the Union Pacific rail yards in Green River, Wyoming.
He and other officers spotted a man on the platform and ordered him to halt; the man dodged behind a railcar and opened fire. A bullet struck the 38-year-old Edward under the arm and lodged near his spine. He was rushed to Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs and underwent two operations before dying in t
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