Special railroad patrolman, George R. Kebort was shot and killed while clearing transients from Southern Pacific Co. property.
Jim Sellers and his companion Jesse Pratt had been ordered off the property in Roseville by Officer Kebort. An argument and fight ensued and as Kebort reached for his club, Sellers grabbed the officer’s Smith & Wesson 38 Special from its holster. Sellers began firing as Kebort reached for a tear gas gun in his pocket. Officer Kebort’s body was found with bullet wounds in the neck, thigh, and above the right eye. Sellers surrendered and admitted to the slaying.
Officer George Kebort was survived by his wife, Agnes.
On November 19, 1948, Officer Carver lost control of his motorcycle during a high speed pursuit of a traffic violator and was fatally injured.
On the evening of December 19, 1947 Officer Ashley, an 830.33 P.C. peace officer, was called to investigate a suspicious person who had been loitering in the Stockton Santa Fe Railroad passenger station. Upon approaching the suspect, the suspect fired one round from a large caliber handgun concealed in a brown paper bag. The round struck Ashley in the throat, killing him instantly.
The perpetrator was never apprehended.
Officer Ashley was survived by his wife.
Officer John R. Walters was pursuing a vehicle at high-speed on U.S. Highway 99, south of Bakersfield when a motorist headed the opposite direction crossed three lanes of traffic and crashed head-on into Walter’s motorcycle, killing the 36-year-old officer instantly. A charge of manslaughter was brought against the other driver.
Officer Walters originally from Taft, joined the CHP in 1942, he left behind a wife, Edith, and two children.
