Duty Death: Nathan Graves - [Sac and Fox Nation]
End of Service: 24/01/2017
The Oklahoman
STROUD, Okla. — A police officer with the Sac and Fox Nation was killed Tuesday morning in a wreck, tribal officials said.
Officer Nathan Graves, 45, was involved in a wreck on State Highway 99, about 11 miles north of Stroud, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
“Today our flags are flying at half-staff to honor the loss of Sac and Fox Nation Tribal Police Officer Nathan Graves,” said Principal Chief Kay Rhoads of the Sac and Fox Nation in a news release.
“Officer Graves was killed in a head-on auto accident early this morning while on patrol. The matter is currently under investigation but at this time we are mourning the passing of Nathan and expressing our deepest thoughts and prayers to his wife Janet and family,” Rhoads said.
Sac and Fox Nation Police Chief Bob Roberts said Graves had a “distinguished career as an officer of the law for the Sac and Fox Nation Police Department as well as an officer for the Stroud Police Department.”
A GoFund me page has been set up for Graves. Those wishing to donate toward his funeral expenses can go here.
No other information about the wreck was released as of Tuesday afternoon.
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