 | Sheriff Ray Compton
Sheriff Compton, serving his second term as Sheriff had gone
to the Webster Home with a search warrant after receiving several complaints
concerning liquor activities. When entering the home, James W. Webster (42)
shot and killed Sheriff Compton and escaped. Later while attempting to
apprehend Webster, he also shot and killed Captain Lynn Black from the
Cincinatti, Ohio Police Department, before comitting suicide. Prior to the
incident involving Sheriff Compton, Webster served ten years for murder in
Missouri and was serving a life sentence in Iowa for another murder. Webster
was on escape status when he killed the two law enforcement officers.
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