James Kent

Death by Force

James I. Kent, 34, male, was a deputy with the Union County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico when he was shot and killed on July 2, 1909, near Chico, Colorado. He and two fellow officers had tracked suspected horse thieves across the state line to a house just outside Chico. As the officers approached, gunfire erupted. Kent was struck and killed, and one of his colleagues was wounded but survived.

In the tense hours that followed, the suspects were surrounded and ultimately surrendered. ...Read More

Deputy James I. Kent