Dale Benjamin Courtney

Trooper Bennie Courtney was shot and killed after responding to a call of shots being fired at a farm in Tigard, Oregon. When he arrived, he found a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy inside the farmhouse. As Trooper Courtney approached the house, the 14-year-old shot and killed him with a shotgun. The boy then shot and wounded the farmhouse owner and escaped. Both boys, who had escaped a juvenile facility, were later arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison. They were both later paroled. Trooper Courtney was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He had served with the Oregon State Police for four months and previously served with the McMinnville Police Department.