Jerry Lee Inman

Greene County Sheriff's Office — Springfield, MO

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 25, 1968

Age 27

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 9

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Jerry Inman was shot and killed when he and his partner interrupted a robbery in progress at a local convenience store at the intersection of I-44 and Route N. They had stopped at the store while on patrol but was unaware that it was being robbed by two men. When one saw the patrol car he ran out of the store and opened fire with a .22 caliber handgun. One of the rounds bounced off of the windshield of the car and struck Deputy Inman in the collar bone and heart. His partner was seriously wounded. Both men, 22 and 25, were arrested and charged with murder. On January 3, 1969, both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. The youngest suspect and Deputy Inman's killer was paroled in 1987. On August 10, 1988, he and another inmate, he met in prison, were charged with setting several fires, since his release from prison, in Overland Park, Kansas City, and Lawson that caused millions of dollars in damage to several homes and apartment buildings under construction. He was convicted of several arsons and sentenced to 70 years. He said he set the fires because of his hatred for police. Deputy Inman was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Greene County Sheriff's Office for two years.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Inman gave the Greene County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Greene County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Springfield, Greene County, MO

Platform Identity gcso.greene.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 25, 1968

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Jerry Lee Inman served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff Jerry Lee Inman 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 63.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Greene County Sheriff's Office, 7 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70% of this agency's fallen.

Greene County Sheriff's Office

of 10 officers

70% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious