OFFICER:  LOUIS FALKENBURG

DEPARTMENT:  Weston County Sheriff's Office

DATE OF INCIDENT:  October 31, 1903 

DETAILS: Undersheriff Falkenburg was shot and killed by Indians in a battle that has become known as the "Battle of Lightning Creek".  Undersheriff Falkenburg was attempting to arrest the party of Indians who were charged with slaughtering game and killing livestock belonging to ranchers in eastern Wyoming.  The Indians were later arrested, but released because they could not be positively identified.