Colin M'Kenzie

Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office — Montesano, WA

Felonious

End of Watch March 9, 1912

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Deputy Colin M'Kenzie and Deputy Albert Elmer were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for the murder of his two nephews. After the two deputies failed to return a search party was sent out and found their bodies in a shallow grave with gunshot wounds. The suspect remained at large until the following year when another search party located him and killed him in the ensuing shootout. During the shootout Deputized Civilians Lewis Blair and Charles Lathrop were shot and killed. Both had been deputized as part of the posse sent to arrest the suspect. Deputy M'Kenzie is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff M'Kenzie served with the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Montesano community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff M'Kenzie.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office

Location Montesano, WA

Platform Identity ghcso.graysharbor.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1912

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Offender Shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff Colin M'Kenzie is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In WA, 187 of 339 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

83.3% Felonious

WA — Statewide

187

of 339 officers

55.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious