Bio & Incident Details
Age: 45
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/6/1928
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Apprehended
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Sheriff Ball and Deputy John Hensley were shot and killed when they attempted to arrest three men who had just crashed their car through a barricade onto a newly concreted highway between Harlan and Pineville. The suspects opened fire on the officers as they exited their patrol car and then shot Deputy Hensley several more times as he lay on the ground. All three suspects were captured the next day.
Sheriff Ball was survived by his wife and six children.
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