OAT051219 Slain deputy

This Feb. 27, 1958, Odessa American clipping from newspapers.com details the shooting death of ECSO Deputy Thad DeWitt West. West has been honored with a display at the ECSO and will be honored with a 10 a.m. May 29 ceremony as his name is placed on a bronze plate on the Big Bend Area Law Enforcement Officers Association Memorial in the courtyard near the library at Sul Ross State University. More than 200 area officers are expected to attend.