Deputy Rex Atwood Stone

Rex Atwood Stone

Deputy Sheriff Rex Stone and Deputy Sheriff Warren LaRue were shot and killed by a man as they attempted to seize his mobile home at 5344 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix to satisfy an $833 judgment.

The man produced a gun and shot Deputy LaRue in the back four times. Deputy Stone returned fire, hitting the suspect five times as the suspect shot him three times. Both deputies and the suspect died at the scene.

Deputy Stone's son, Police Officer Dale Crist Stone with the Phoenix Police Department, had been killed in the line of duty just three weeks prior to this incident.

Deputy Stone had served with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for 20 years. He was survived by his wife, a son, and a grandson.