Bio & Incident Details
Age: 30
Tour: 6 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/2/1982
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Convicted
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Detective Sergeant Glenn Sturgill was shot and killed while attempting to arrest armed robbery suspects.
He had observed the three men attempt to rob a woman at gunpoint on Claremont Avenue and chased one of the men into a cornfield. While taking the man into custody he was ambushed by one of the other suspects and shot and killed. The three suspects were apprehended and convicted of his murder.
Detective Sergeant Sturgill was killed on his 30th birthday. He had served with the Ashland County Sheriff's Department for six years and is survived by his wife and two children.
