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Deputy Sheriff

R. B. Williams

Gilpin County Sheriff's Office — Black Hawk, CO

Felonious

End of Watch April 19, 1896

Tour of Duty

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Williams was shot and killed while he and the sheriff attempted to arrest a suspect. The sheriff had deputized Deputy Williams earlier in the day to help arrest the man for threatening a judge. When they confronted the suspect both officers were shot. The sheriff recovered from his wounds but Deputy Williams succumbed to his wounds three days later.

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130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Williams served with the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Black Hawk community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Gilpin County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Black Hawk, Gilpin County, CO

Platform Identity gcso.gilpin.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 19, 1896

Tour of Duty

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Deputy Sheriff R. B. Williams 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 CO, 235 of 360 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.3% of this state's fallen. That is 65.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Gilpin County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

CO — Statewide

235

of 360 officers

65.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. R. B. Williams's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How R. B. Williams Compares

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 8.4 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. R. B. Williams is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,517

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. R. B. Williams was killed by gun.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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