Roll of Honor
Incident
Town Marshal L.C. Hughes was accidentally shot and killed by his deputy while attempting to arrest several men who were drunk and riding around town on horseback.
As Marshal Hughes, his deputy, and a Deputy United States Marshal approached the men the deputy stumbled and his gun discharged, striking Marshal Hughes in the back.
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- September 9, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Town Marshal Hughes served with the Mill Creek Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mill Creek community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Town Marshal Hughes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Town Marshal L. C. Hughes is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 23.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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