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Washington State EOW 06/26

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06/26/2003: Deputy Saul Gallegos, Chelan County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Gallegos pursued a man named José Sánchez Guillén to a home along Highway 150 in Manson. He suspected the 21-year-old was driving with a suspended license. Saúl got out of his patrol car and went to the rear of the home where Sánchez Guillén wrestled Saúl’s firearm away from him and then fatally shot him.

For more on Deputy Gallegos: https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/remembering-sa-l-gallegos/article_f3190d85-5261-5ed2-9552-426aa5e6ea0c.html

Washington State EOW 06/22

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06/22/2002: Deputy Richard Herzog, King County Sheriff's Office (Newcastle)

On Saturday, June 22, 2002, an out-of-control male was endangering citizens. Deputy Herzog, an Army veteran, responded to the disturbance on Coal Creek Parkway and a struggle ensued.

Witnesses and police say the deputy got out of his car and attempted to calm the man, who had been wandering through traffic and had stood in front of a Metro bus. Unknown to Herzog, the naked and highly agitated man had been released 11 days earlier from a prison, where he had been serving time for assaulting a police officer.

The deputy sprayed the naked man with pepper spray to try to subdue him.

According to witnesses, the two scuffled and the man grabbed Herzog's .40-caliber semiautomatic G***k handgun.

Herzog retreated, and police and witnesses say the assailant repeatedly shot him. Some witnesses said the man stood over the fallen deputy and fired several times from nearly point-blank range. Herzog was shot to death with his own gun.

For more on Deputy Herzog: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020624/deputy24m/suspect-in-deputy-killing-just-ended-prison-term

Washington State EOW 06/15

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06/15/1979: Sgt. William Cross, Washington State Department of Corrections (Walla Walla)

Sergeant Cross was murdered by inmates. The attack occurred in an extension of People’s Park, between the south entry to the dining hall and Big Red. He was stabbed five times, one cutting his aorta.

One inmate was convicted of second-degree murder in Sgt. Cross’ death. The inmate committed su***de in his cell after being convicted. A second inmate, brother of the convicted inmate, was acquitted of murder.

Cross’s death marked the beginning of the longest lockdown (nearly six months) in the history of Washington’s prisons.

For more on Sgt. Cross: http://unusualpunishmentbook.com/sergeant-william-cross/