Deputy Sheriff
Daniel Alonzo Mayfield
Floyd County Sheriff's Department
Sunday, January 24, 1926
Age: 57
Served:
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Incident Details

Cause of Death
Gunfire
Date/Time of Incident
Sunday, January 24, 1926
03:30 am
Incident to Death Duration
Same day
Incident Location
Main Street at Falling Run Creek, New Albany
Incident County
Floyd
Incident Township
New Albany
Weapon Used
Gun (unknown type)
Suspect Disposition
Killed by police
Burial Place
Antioch Cemetery, Elizabeth
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   Deputy Sheriff Daniel Mayfield was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend six suspects who robbed the Farmers State Bank in Lanesville.

   As the suspects approached New Albany in two vehicles, he and several other officers confronted them near the Stone Bridge over Falling Run Creek when shots were exchanged and Deputy Mayfield was fatally wounded.

   A 38-year-old driver of one of the vehicles was shot as they fled and his body was not found until 11 days later near Rising Sun.

   Deputy Sheriff Mayfield, from New Albany, was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, five sisters and three brothers.


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