Assistant Chief Ivan Wilson, a village police officer, was killed in the line of duty on December 21, 1954, at 2130 hours at age 35 after four years of service. Wilson and village police officer Gerald Chase stopped Elmer Anderson for having a light out, not knowing that Anderson had just robbed a store. After Chase noticed suspicious behavior and searched the car, Anderson launched an unprovoked attack that left Wilson fatally shot and Chase injured. Anderson was later fatally shot by an Ohio State Trooper near Fayette while the trooper was attempting to arrest him.