Bio & Incident Details
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Tour: Not available
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Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/13/1927
Weapon: Shotgun
Suspect: Committed suicide
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Deputy State Sheriff Charles Halpin and Federal Prohibition Agent Charles Bintliff, of the United States Treasury Department, were shot and killed near Redfield, South Dakota, while attempting to arrest a man who had wounded another federal agent one week earlier.
Deputy Sheriff Halpin and Agent Bintliff were with two other officers and they arrived at the man's farm at 1:30 am. The officers separated and Deputy Halpin and Agent Bintliff went to search the barn.
As the two searched the barn, the man opened fire on them with a shotgun, striking Agent Bintliff in the chest and Deputy Halpin in the abdomen. Both men were killed instantly. The suspect fled but committed suicide after a posse of 400 men surrounded him later in the day.
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