James Wood

Death by Force

Conservation Officer James Shirley Wood, aged 39, tragically lost his life on October 21, 1984, in Mize, Mississippi. Officer Wood was a dedicated member of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, serving as the manager of Lake Ross Barnett. On the night of his death, he was at his home when a man he had issued a citation to earlier that day arrived at his residence. The man, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, confronted Officer Wood at his front door and fatally shot him^1^. ...Read More