Boyd Hall, a 53-year-old White man from Jackson, Wyoming, was killed on November 1, 1972, while serving as sheriff of Teton County. He went to a ranch in Buffalo Valley to confront a man who had been drinking heavily and threatening to take his own life. Accounts say Hall attempted to calm the man and de-escalate rather than use force, but while Hall waited outside the ranch house the man went back inside and fired through a window, striking the sheriff in the heart area; Hall died at the scene.

Reports indicate officers who were present returned fire, and later memorial and retrospective accounts record the belief that Price killed himself during or immediately after the confrontation. Because the suspect apparently died at the scene, there were no arrests, charges, trial, or conviction tied to Hall’s death.

Hall had previously served with the Wyoming Highway Patrol before becoming sheriff. Does anyone have memories of Hall’s service or information about the Buffalo Valley incident?