Date of Death: August 9, 1979 as the direct result of adversarial action in El Centro, California.
Cause of Death: On August 9, 1979, Special Agents Charles W. Elmore and J. Robert Porter were shot and killed by an assailant while in the FBI office in El Centro, California. The individual who opened fire on the agents also took his own life. Special Agent Porter was born in March 1935 in Heber, Arizona. He entered on duty as a special agent in 1967 and was assigned to the San Antonio Field Office. In 1978, he was assigned to the El Centro Resident Agency of the FBI field office in San Diego.
Burial Location:
Heber Cemetery, Heber, Arizona
Section A, Row 1