Roll of Honor
Jimmy Dean Hutto
Incident
Game Warden Jimmy Hutto succumbed to a gunshot wound received earlier in the month while assisting Fayette County deputies in serving a narcotics warrant at a home.
During the raid, Game Warden Hutto was shot in the lower abdomen by the subject.
Game Warden Hutto was admitted to a local hospital, where he remained for two weeks. He was released from the hospital only three days before his death but had to be re-admitted due to complications.
In December 2003, the suspect pleaded guilty to murder, three counts of attempted murder, and the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. He was subsequently sentenced to five life sentences. In 2017, he was denied parole.
Game Warden Hutto was a United States Army veteran and served with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries for eight years.
Survivors
He is survived by his daughter, parents, three brothers, and three sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
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.
Game Warden Hutto gave the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jimmy Dean Hutto served in the Army (1986â1989) before joining law enforcement.
Game Warden Jimmy Dean Hutto 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 AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 8.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, 6 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jimmy Dean Hutto's cause is highlighted.
How Jimmy Dean Hutto Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to life
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jimmy Dean Hutto is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jimmy Dean Hutto was killed by gun; unknown type.
Others Who Wore This Badge
9 officers from Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries are honored on badge.nw.
