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Owen A. Landdeck

Case from Farmington, NM dated Aug 17, 1979

Victim Details

Owen A. Landdeck

Male

White / Caucasian

Farmington

NM

1979-08-17

40

Owen

A. Landdeck

Accidental

06/25/2026

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On August 17, 1979, 40-year-old Lieutenant Owen Arthur Landdeck of the Farmington Police Department in New Mexico tragically lost his life during a police academy training exercise. Lieutenant Landdeck was role-playing as a deranged husband in a simulated domestic violence scenario. The exercise required him to draw a firearm, prompting a cadet to respond with simulated gunfire. Unbeknownst to the participants, the cadet's weapon was mistakenly loaded with live ammunition instead of blanks. When ...
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