Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 43-E -33
Department: McDowell County, West Virginia, S.O.
End of Watch: 02/13/1923
Cause: Gunfire
Length of Service: Unknown
On December 9, 1922, Deputy Sheriff Mitchell was arresting a suspect when the brother of the suspect approached and shot him in the groin. Deputy Mitchell was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries two months later on February 13, 1923.
