George R. Barthel

  
 Agency: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
    
 State: California
  
 End of Watch: 04/19/1979
    
 Title/Rank: Deputy
    
 Age:32
  
 Cause of Death:Gunshot
  
 Information: Deputy Barthel was shot while investigating a group of suspicious males. He and his partner were assigned to the Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau and were assigned to patrol a housing project. Deputy Barthel and his partner were walking up to a group of males when they threw drug paraphernalia into the bushes. As Deputy Barthel's partner went to pick up the drugs, the shooter opened fire from across the street with a rifle, striking both deputies in the face and torso.