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Photograph: Sheriff Marcell C. Hendrix

Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, Missouri






Sheriff Marcell C. Hendrix
Greene County Sheriff's Department
Missouri

End of Watch: Saturday, January 2, 1932

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Committed suicide

Sheriff Hendrix was shot and killed as he attempted to enter the farmhouse of two suspects.

Two brothers considered local petty burglars killed a total of seven Law Enforcement Officers. After they killed Town Marshal Mark Noe on June 2, 1929, a massive manhunt began for the suspects. The two suspects were located at the family farmhouse on January 2, 1932. They had come to town to visit their mother for the Christmas holiday. A raiding party of eleven officers was formed to arrest the two brothers. As the officers surrounded the farmhouse gunfire erupted and in the end six officers lay dead.

The suspects escaped, and fled to Texas. They were located there by Houston Police and as police moved in the two suspects committed suicide.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriTown Marshal Mark S. Noe
Republic Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, June 2, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriDeputy Sheriff Ollie Crosswhite
Greene County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriDeputy Sheriff Wiley Mashburn
Greene County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriPatrolman Charles Houser
Springfield Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriPatrolman Sidney Meadows
Springfield Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Greene County Sheriff's Department, MissouriChief of Detectives Tony Oliver
Springfield Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

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