Charles Rollin Wicks

Lane County Sheriff's Dept. — Eugene, OR

Felonious

End of Watch June 14, 1937

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Charles Wicks was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who had just shot a neighbor in Wendling, Oregon. The neighbor had confronted the man to complain about a pile of chicken manure that was in his yard. As Deputy Wicks approached the man on a footbridge over Shepard Creek (now known as Beaver Creek), the subject opened fire on him, killing him. The man committed suicide after holding hundreds of officers and citizens at bay for five hours.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Wicks served with the Lane County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Eugene community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Wicks.

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

Agency

Department Lane County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Eugene, OR

Platform Identity lcso.lane.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 14, 1937

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Committed suicide

Deputy Sheriff Charles Rollin Wicks 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 OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Lane County Sheriff's Dept., 5 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Lane County Sheriff's Dept.

of 7 officers

71.4% Felonious

OR — Statewide

115

of 197 officers

58.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious