Sheriff
 
Samuel B. Wingo
 
Shannon County Sheriff's Department
 
End of Watch: Thursday, August 31, 1843
 
Age:
 
Tour of Duty:
 
Cause of death: Gunfire
 
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Sheriff Wingo was shot and killed on his way to a land-sale.

The piece of property had been reposessed by the sheriff and was being sold by the county. Sheriff Wingo was ambushed and killed on the road. As Sheriff Wingo neared the property, the former land owner shot the sheriff through the body in an ambush from alongside the roadway. Sheriff Wingo died within 15 minutes.