Gerald Morris

In the line of duty on a cold January evening in Indianapolis, Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Gerald L. Morris, a 28-year-old white male, made the ultimate sacrifice. It was January 2, 1981, when Deputy Morris, though off-duty, was working a security detail in his uniform. He responded to a robbery in progress at the Bargain Barrel Clothing Store on East 82nd Street, arriving in a marked security vehicle. Unbeknownst to him, another officer, Deputy Sheriff Terry Baker, had already been fatally w ...

Deputy Sheriff Gerald L. Morris

Officers killed in the line of duty