Gerry Lanell Ivie was 52 and a lieutenant with the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Department when he died on July 2, 1987. Deputies had set up a roadblock in Ioka to try to apprehend a suspect. During the operation a fellow officer’s firearm was accidentally discharged and the bullet fatally struck Lieutenant Ivie. The department describes his death as a friendly fire accident in the line of duty; no suspects were sought and no arrests were made.

Ivie was born October 18, 1934, in Salt Lake City. He lived in Myton, Utah, was married and had children, and was buried in Myton after his death. His end of watch left the department and the local community mourning.