William R. Shields

Death by Force

Deputy Sheriff William R. Shields, a white male lawman serving the Poinsett County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas, met his death on December 10, 1920, in the small river town of Lepanto. He had gone out that day on the routine but dangerous task of serving an arrest warrant, following information that a wanted man was staying aboard a houseboat moored on the Little River near the community. Rather than approach alone, Shields asked the Lepanto city marshal to accompany him, a decision that shows ...Read More

Deputy Sheriff William R. Shields

Deputy Sheriff William R. Shields - National Gun Violence Memorial