| Officer Johnny Farrell Puckett Sr. DeKalb County Police Department Georgia End of Watch: Saturday, July 16, 1966 Biographical Info Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 5 years Badge Number: 326 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Saturday, July 16, 1966 Weapon Used: Handgun Suspect Info: Released from mental hospital Officer Puckett was shot and killed by a suspect he had stopped in a suspicious car. When Officer Puckett turned his back on the suspect he was shot and killed.
The next day the suspect shot and killed Officer George Clifford Burnette III of the East Point Police Department. The suspect was later captured and spent ten years in a mental hospital and was released.
Officer Puckett had been with the agency for five years. Related Line of Duty Deaths |