| Police Officer J. Wafe Adams Birmingham Police Department Alabama End of Watch: Wednesday, March 28, 1900 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Wednesday, March 28, 1900 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Executed in 1901 Officer Adams and Officer George Kirkley were shot and killed while attempting to stop a suspect they had just witnessed committing a robbery. The suspect was sentenced to death and hanged for the murders on June 29, 1901. Related Line of Duty Deaths |