U.S. Army · United States 
Earl Bucher
1940
Earl J. Bucher served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Deputy Sheriff Earl Bucher was shot and killed on New Year's Eve while responding to the scene of a domestic disturbance near Johnstown in which a man had just shot his wife. As Deputy Bucher approached the house around 12 a.m. just south of current Road 36 and Road 13, the man stuck a shotgun out of the door and shot him in the head. The suspect then stole Deputy Bucher's gun and pinned Deputy Bucher's badge onto his own clothing. He was still wearing the badge when he was located by a posse of nearly a dozen officers and a dozen more civilians in a nearby shanty. The man was shot and killed by the posse in a shootout that lasted more than one hour. Deputy Belcher was a WWI Army veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, his parents, his brother, and his sister.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Also Served
Weld County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff
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