[b]Sergeant Shelby Green
Anderson County Sheriff's Department, TX
End of Watch: Thursday, May 15, 2003

Biographical Info
  Age: 39
  Tour of Duty: 10 yrs

Incident Details
  Cause of Death: Gunfire
  Date of Incident: Thursday, May 15, 2003
  Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
  Suspect Info: At large

Sergeant Green was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend several burglary suspects. He observed a suspicious vehicle and attempted to stop it but was led on a short chase down FM 2961. Shots were fired during the pursuit and Sergeant Green was fatally wounded. Backup officers located his body on the roadway near his last known location. The suspects fled the scene and remain at large.

Sergeant Green had been with the Anderson County Sheriff's Department for ten years and is survived by his wife and three children.[/b]

[url]http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=16853[/url]

Thank you Sgt for your willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice in the service of your community. You are but one of many, but the price you paid is remembered and appreciated.

21 gun Salute  [USA]

Sgtar15

BTT for the new Fallen Officer of the Day thread.

R E S P E C T .

BTT. I would hate for someone to miss having a moment to ponder his sacrifice.

BTT

[url]http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/apwire/story.cfm?xla=apwire&xlb=1&xlc=999271[/url]

Seven bullets recovered in East Texas deputy's shooting

The Associated Press

Web Posted : 05/20/2003 3:59 AM

Seven bullets fired through an East Texas lawman's vehicle have been
recovered as the investigation continues into his fatal shooting.

Anderson County sheriff's officers said Monday more clues were sought in
the slaying of Deputy Shelby Green. He was found early Thursday, slumped
against the open door of his unmarked patrol car, by a fellow deputy. Green
had been shot in the chest.

Green, 39, was on his way to back up another officer on a domestic
disturbance call when he noticed a suspicious vehicle at a Bradford area
store where he thought a burglary might be taking place, an investigator
said earlier.

Chief Deputy Mike Link said Green's weapon was found about 10 to 12 feet
below Catfish Creek Bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 2961, along the waterway.
Authorities have said Green's weapon had been fired multiple times.

Sheriff's investigator Chuck Franklin said authorities still have no
suspects in the case.

"The investigation is ongoing," he told the Palestine Herald-Press in
Tuesday's online edition, "and we're continuing to beat the bushes to find
out who might have been involved in this."

Minutes before his death, Green radioed that he was involved in a pursuit
between Bradford and Cayuga. The veteran lawman described the vehicle as a
silver-colored pickup, possibly a Chevrolet.

Green's vehicle, recovered in the remote area of northwestern Anderson
County on the northern boundary of Gus A. Engeling Wildlife Management
Area, had six bullet holes through the front windshield and another through
the driver's side window.

Franklin said the recovered bullets will be sent to the Texas Department of
Public Safety laboratory in Tyler for analysis.

Green, who began as a part-time dispatcher with the sheriff's department,
was a 10-year veteran. He received an award last year from the Drug
Enforcement Administration.

Information from: Palestine Herald-Press
05/20/2003

10-7,10-42.
[USA]

BTT for a fallen brother.

The blue line gets a little thinner.