San Francisco Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement On August 21, 1968, Agent Guerard sustained a head injury during the service of a search warrant in Marin County. Gerald died on October 23, 1968 as of a result of that injury.

On September 28, 1968, at 0021 hours, Deputy Harold Hurst was traveling northbound on Fowler Avenue in a marked patrol vehicle.  As he arrived at the uncontrolled Southern Pacific Railroad tracks in the 1000 block of South Fowler, his vehicle collided with a westbound freight train.  Deputy Hurst was thrown from his patrol car and suffered a skull fracture and other injuries.  He was transported to Fresno County General Hospital for treatment, but he developed pneumonia and died on October 2nd.

Before serving with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Hurst had spent three years as a Deputy Sheriff with the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department.  He was also a U.S. Army veteran.

Deputy Hurst, a Stockton native, was survived by his wife, Janet, and two daughters from a prior marriage.  A funeral mass was said at St. George’s Catholic Church, Stockton, and he was buried at High View Memorial Gardens, Farmington.

Deputy McCullah was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Norwalk Station at the time of his death. Deputy McCullah was an Observer in an on-duty helicopter with pilot Robert Kenneth Schnur. Deputy Schnur, who was assigned to the Department’s Aero Bureau, was flying low over the Whittier Hills when the helicopter hit some abandoned telephone wires strung across a canyon and crashed. The craft was not reported missing until Deputy Schnur’s wife called the next morning. A search was launched and the wreckage discovered at 7:30 a.m. Autopsies revealed both men died on impact. Deputy Schnur left a wife and three children; Deputy McCullah was set to marry that weekend.

Deputy McCullah was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Norwalk Station at the time of his death. Deputy McCullah was an Observer in an on-duty helicopter with pilot Robert Kenneth Schnur. Deputy Schnur, who was assigned to the Department’s Aero Bureau, was flying low over the Whittier Hills when the helicopter hit some abandoned telephone wires strung across a canyon and crashed. The craft was not reported missing until Deputy Schnur’s wife called the next morning. A search was launched and the wreckage discovered at 7:30 a.m. Autopsies revealed both men died on impact. Deputy Schnur left a wife and three children; Deputy McCullah was set to marry that weekend.

Deputy Ken Royal was rushing to provide “back up” to a fellow officer who had made a felony vehicle stop on two suspects believed to be responsible for an armed robbery of a south area tavern which had been broadcast minutes earlier.

One suspect had fled the vehicle and ran into a nearby field.

Deputy Royal arrived at the scene and while being covered by his fellow officers he approached the suspect who was still in the vehicle.

The suspect opened the door and began to get out when he suddenly drew a gun from his waistband and fired, striking Deputy Royal.

As the suspect attempted to flee he was shot by deputies.

Officer Ken Royal died at the scene.

The first suspect was apprehend by officers a short time later. The suspect that shot Deputy Royal recovered from his wounds, stood trial and was sent to state prison for armed robbery and murder.

The Kenneth B. Royal Firing Range located at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center is named in honor of Deputy Royal.

Deputy Royal is buried at East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park on Greenback Lane.

On May 23, 1968, Sergeant Gordon Joinville was shot and killed by Zachary Ford Lillard. He is the only San Mateo officer to have been killed in the line of duty. Sergeant Joinville was 34-years-old and a 12-year police veteran at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and two children.

Sergeant Joinville was investigating the theft of a large quantity of a chemical used in the manufacture of LSD. Sergeant Joinville, who was in an unmarked car, planned to follow the suspect’s car from Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, to obtain the location of a drug lab. His investigation led him to his ill-fated meeting with Zachary Lillard.

For reasons unknown, the suspect changed directions, and, according to witnesses, got out of his car and into the back seat of Sergeant Joinville’s car.

During Sergeant Joinville’s encounter with Lillard, there was a countywide alert because of an armed robbery and radio traffic was very heavy. Sergeant Joinville asked dispatch to run a computer check. He was asked to “stand by.” That was Sergeant Joinville’s last radio transmission. Dispatch received a call from Bob Reed, a gas station owner, who advised that an officer had been shot at Fifth Avenue and Claremont Street.

Lillard shot Sergeant Joinville twice. The first shot came from the back seat and through Sergeant Joinville’s heart. Lillard then shot Sergeant Joinville in the head at point blank range after he collapsed across the front seat of his patrol car.

Sergeant Joinville had a piece of paper on his clipboard that had a name and license plate number written on it. An investigation led to the identification of Zachary Lillard as the suspect. Lilliard was also wanted for kidnapping, armed robbery, and assault. Through a vigorous manhunt, and a joint effort with the FBI, Zachary Lillard was located in San Francisco and taken into custody. The car he was driving at the time of the shooting, and the .45 cal weapon, were both recovered.

Zachary Lillard was convicted and sentenced to death; however, his death sentence was overturned by the courts. Zachary Lillard died, at the age of 70, while serving a life term sentence in the California State Prison system.

On October 5, 1968, the Joinville Swim Center was opened on Kehoe Avenue in Sergeant Joinville’s honor. He has been memorialized at the San Mateo County Hall of Justice, the Peace Officers Memorial in Sacramento, California, and the National Peace Officers Memorial in Washington DC.