Deputy Sheriff Janet Louise Rogers, 39, was killed in the line of duty on June 14, 1990, after a bank robbery pursuit near Hardin in southeastern Montana. A nine-year member of the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Department, Rogers was involved in the chase that ended about 1:30 p.m. when her patrol car collided with the fleeing suspect’s vehicle. The suspect emerged and opened fire; a single bullet struck Rogers in the abdomen just below her protective vest.

Her husband, also a department deputy, was at the scene and returned fire, fatally wounding the shooter. Rogers was flown to a Billings hospital but died about four hours later. She left behind her husband and three sons. The suspect was killed at the scene, so there was no arrest.

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