Deputy Barry Hoffman was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lennox Station at the time of his murder. Deputy Hoffman and his partner, Deputy Mike Kenyon, were interrogating two suspects near a bar in Lawndale, in the south bay area of Los Angeles County. The suspects attempted to break away, a struggle ensued and Deputy Hoffman was shot in the head. He died five days later.

Officer DeLeon, Officer Jere Graham, and Officer Paul Krasenes were shot and slashed to death during a prison uprising when a civil rights lawyer smuggled a 9 mm pistol and two magazines of ammunition to a prisoner at San Quentin Prison. The prisoner hid the pistol and magazines in his afro wig. When one of the guards became suspicious of the wig the prisoner ripped it off, loaded the handgun, and then held the guards at bay.

The prisoner forced the guards to free 26 inmates, who then proceeded to attack the guards. They slashed the throats of six guards and also shot three of them to death. All of the guards bodies were then stacked in the cell of the inmate who started the disturbance. Two jail trustees were also murdered by the prisoners.

The prisoner who started the uprising was shot and killed by responding officers. He was awaiting trial for the murder of Correctional Officer John V. Mills at Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970.

Six prisoners were charged with the officer’s murders. After a 16 month trial only one was convicted of murder. He was paroled in 1988. Three were acquitted and the other two were found guilty of assault. Only one remained in prison. He murdered Correctional Officer Robert J. McCarthy on March 4, 1971. He was stabbed to death during a prison riot at Folsom Penitentiary on August 12, 2015.

Officer DeLeon was a U.S. military veteran.

On June 14, 1971, Agent Morello purchased hashish during an undercover investigation in the city of Riverside. Immediately following the transaction, Rick was shot and killed by the principal suspect in the investigation.

Deputy Gary Saunders was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Firestone Park Station in the south central Los Angeles area at the time of his murder. Deputy Saunders, who was on patrol training status, had been a member of the Department less than two years when he was shot by a suspect after a foot pursuit near the intersection of Florence Avenue and Holmes Avenue. Deputy Saunders chased the a fleeing suspect for a short distance. When Saunders caught the suspect, a struggle ensued. Deputy Saunders was knocked to the ground and the suspect took Deputy Saunders revolver and shot him three times in the chest (ballistic vests were not in use at that time). Showing great restraint, deputies surrounded a garage and ordered the suspect to surrender. He tossed out Deputy Saunders revolver first and then walked out to surrender. The suspect was convicted of second degree murder.