Roll of Honor
Incident
Undersheriff Grover Fulkerson was shot and killed while attempting to stop a vehicle that was running bootleg liquor. The suspect was apprehended and charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to four years. He was released under a $20,000 bond pending his appeal. A few days later, he shot and killed Deputy James Coffee of the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Department, Texas, when he stopped him for running liquor out of his county and across the Oklahoma border. He was convicted of Deputy Coffee's murder and sentenced to 99 years. His sentence was later reduced to 12 years, and he was released in 1925. Texas authorities failed to tell Oklahoma authorities he had been released. He was arrested several days later in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and sent to Mcallister Penitentiary to serve his four years. Undersheriff Fulkerson was survived by his wife and three children. He was predeceased by a fourth son.
Survivors
Undersheriff Fulkerson was survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Fulkerson served with the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Norman community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Fulkerson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Undersheriff Grover Fulkerson is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In OK, 403 of 582 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this state's fallen. That is 69.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Grover Fulkerson's cause is highlighted.
How Grover Fulkerson Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Grover Fulkerson is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Grover Fulkerson was killed by gun.
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