Forest Perry

Kennewick Police Department — Kennewick, WA

Accident

End of Watch November 1, 1906

Tour of Duty

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Marshal Perry was accidentally shot and killed when he was caught in the crossfire during a shootout. Deputy Marshal Perry, Officer Joseph Holzhey, and Marshal Michael Glover had gone to a hobo camp to arrest two men wanted for burglarizing a hardware store. During the ensuing shootout Officer Holzhey and Marshal Glover were fatally wounded.

One of the suspects was shot and killed. The other suspect and several posse members were also wounded.

Deputy Marshal Perry had been deputized that day to assist with the arrest.

Condolences to his family and friends

Carson loveless April 19th, 2024

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Marshal Perry served with the Kennewick Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kennewick community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Marshal Perry.

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

Agency

Department Kennewick Police Department

Location Kennewick, WA

Platform Identity kpd.benton.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1906

Tour of Duty

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Marshal Forest Perry is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Kennewick Police Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Kennewick Police Department

of 4 officers

50% Accident

WA — Statewide

111

of 339 officers

32.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident