Suggested edit: Deputy Cole, 46, was working off-duty security for the Camelot Inn Hotel, at I-44 and Peoria in Tulsa the early morning hours of Thursday, June 9, 1972. About 2 A.M. Cole was checking for a reported suspicious person prowling around cars in the parking lot. Cole found a 25 year old man in the parking lot. Cole approached him and asked for some identification. The man drew a .25 automatic pistol, fired five rounds and shot Cole in the heart. Cole was able to wound the armed man before he fell dead. He was found dead a few blocks away in his car. Cole left behind a wife, a son and three daughters.
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Suggested edit: Deputy Cole, 46, was working off-duty security for the Camelot Inn Hotel, at I-44 and Peoria in Tulsa the early morning hours of Thursday, June 9, 1972. About 2 A.M. Cole was checking for a reported suspicious person prowling around cars in the parking lot. Cole found a 25 year old man in the parking lot. Cole approached him and asked for some identification. The man drew a .25 automatic pistol, fired five rounds and shot Cole in the heart. Cole was able to wound the armed man before he fell dead. He was found dead a few blocks away in his car. Cole left behind a wife, a son and three daughters.
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