Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/3/1952
Weapon: Handgun; .38 caliber
Suspect: Sentenced to 1 year
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Assistant Chief Wilkes was shot and killed while sitting in his police car in the driveway of a home. The suspect claimed he thought that Chief Wilkes was the ex-husband of his girlfriend.
The suspect was convicted of second degree manslaughter and sentenced to one year in the county jail March 28, 1952.



