Trooper
Johnnie Whittle
July 26 , 1915 - September 14 , 1953
Badge #135
Joined in 1943
ride to Oklahoma City and that they were acting suspiciously. At approximately 9:10 a.m. Trooper Whittle picked up the pair and was turning into the Patrol driveway when one of the men pulled a pistol from a shoulder holster. As Trooper Whittle moved toward the man, the suspect fired one shot that killed Trooper Whittle. The killer then fled on foot while the second man remained in
the unit.
The murderer was arrested approximately two hours later some three miles away as he
was trying to hitchhike. He was sentenced to a sixty-five year prison sentence following a first-degree manslaughter conviction