Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Jason Webb was shot and killed by a man he had attempted to arrest earlier for drinking.
Deputy Webb was at home in his barn milking a cow on Christmas Eve, 1931. His wife and two young daughters were in the house preparing supper for the Christmas celebration when a local man whom Deputy Webb had arrested on an alcohol charge a little while prior, stood outside the barn and called for Deputy Webb.
As soon as Deputy Webb stepped from the dark barn, the suspect shot him in the chest with a double-barreled shotgun at close range. Hearing the shot, Deputy Webb's wife ran from the house to her husband as the suspect left the scene. Deputy Webb died in his wife's arms with his daughters looking on.
The 25-year-old suspect was arrested six weeks later. He was charged with murder and served three years in state prison. In 1944, he was shot and killed by a relative of Deputy Webb's widow.
Deputy Webb had served with the agency for 11 months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Webb served with the Letcher County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Whitesburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Webb.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jason Andrew "Bee" Webb 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 KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 22.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Letcher County Sheriff's Office, 16 of 19 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 84.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jason Andrew "Bee" Webb's cause is highlighted.
How Jason Andrew "Bee" Webb Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jason Andrew "Bee" Webb is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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