Mark Wayne Griffin, 23, was killed while on duty as a Grundy County deputy sheriff on Friday, January 30, 1981. A member of the sheriff’s office since June 1978, he and another deputy, Deputy Altes, went to a Seventh Street apartment in Trenton to question a man about an earlier disturbance. When the deputies followed the man into the apartment so he could retrieve a coat, a second man inside suddenly opened fire with a rifle. Deputy Griffin was struck in the face and died instantly; Deputy Altes was hit in the shoulder, retreated to a nearby car dealership to summon help, and then returned to the scene.

A manhunt followed and a suspect was taken into custody about six hours later. Griffin was survived by his parents and a sister. Does anyone have memories of Deputy Griffin or information about that night in Trenton?