Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King

Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King | Jerome Police Department, Arizona Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King | Jerome Police Department, Arizona
Jerome Police Department, Arizona
Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King | Jerome Police Department, Arizona
Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King | Jerome Police Department, Arizona
Night Policeman Charles Emmerson King

Jerome Police Department, Arizona

End of Watch Thursday, September 1, 1910

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Charles Emmerson King

Night Policeman Charles King died from injuries received August 27th 1910, when he was responding to the sounds of gunfire.

The shooting was being done by a drunk man who had gone to his estranged wife's house and started shooting.

Policeman King arrived at the scene and was questioning a 14-year-old girl when two more shots rang out. One of the shots the girl in the leg and the other struck King in the back. The man who fired the shots was arrested, convicted of murder, and subsequently executed by hanging.

Night Policeman was survived by his wife, daughter, and son.

Bio

  • Age 47
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Incident Date Saturday, August 27, 1910
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Executed

shots fired call, domestic

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