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United States > Virginia > Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office > Deputy Sheriff Bernard A. Puryear, Sr.

Deputy Sheriff

Bernard A. Puryear, Sr.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, Virginia

End of Watch: Monday, December 30, 1929

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 56

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 12/30/1929

Weapon: Shotgun

Suspect: Sentenced to 20 years

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Deputy Bernard Puryear and Officer Malcolm Tuck, of the Clarksville Police Department, were shot and killed while raiding a still three miles east of Clarksville. Both officers were transported to a hospital in Oxford, North Carolina, where they succumbed to their wounds.

The suspect was originally sentenced to death, but the sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeals. He was sentenced to 20 years at a second trial.

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