Robert L. Cares

End of Watch: 7/05/1912

Deputy Sheriff R.L. Cares was shot and killed in Grant, Oklahoma while attempting to arrest a drunk man who was carrying a pistol.

Deputy Cares located the man inside the town drugstore. He attempted to talk the man into going home, but when the man refused, Deputy Cares attempted to disarm him. The subject drew his pistol and fatally shot Deputy Cares.

The man fled the state and was arrested in San Antonio, Texas. He waived extradition and was returned to Oklahoma to face trial.

Deputy Cares was survived by his wife.