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| Special Agent John Van Waters
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, October 4, 1922 Biographical Info
Age: 46
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 4, 1922
Incident Location: Florida
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Apprehended Agent Waters and Constable Arthur Crenshaw, of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, were shot and killed in Pasco County, Florida, while investigating illegal stills. They were shot from ambush as they sat in their car.
Six men, five of them brothers, were arrested and charged with both murders.
Agent Waters had served with the agency for 8 years. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
