Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Deputy Sheriff Travis Haynes succumbed to a gunshot wound received 12 years earlier after going to a ranch to help two motorists. Special Deputy Haynes was working in his store when the rancher called him to tell him of the motorists. When Deputy Haynes arrived, he and the two motorists left in his car. After he failed to return, his wife called the sheriff, and a search was undertaken. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head. The two suspects turned out to be escapees from the Kansas State Prison. Both were apprehended after a vehicle pursuit and convicted of shooting Deputy Haynes. Deputy Haynes never recovered from his wound and died in Abilene, Texas. He had served as a Special Deputy for 25 years with the Quay County Sheriff's Department at the time of the shooting.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Special Deputy Sheriff Haynes gave the Quay County Sheriff's Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Tucumcari community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Sheriff Haynes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Sheriff Travis Haynes is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In NM, 123 of 193 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.8 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Travis Haynes's cause is highlighted.
How Travis Haynes Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Travis Haynes is highlighted in Feb.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Travis Haynes was killed by gun.