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| Deputy Sheriff Chester Ahl
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
South Carolina
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 22, 1902 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, July 22, 1902
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed Deputy Ahl was shot and killed while riding with a posse in an attempt to arrest a man who had murdered Officer Joseph Flanders, of Swainsboro Police Department in Georgia, four days earlier.
The posse had located the suspect in his mother's yard and attempted to arrest him. As Deputy Ahl rode up to the suspect on his horse the man stepped out of the way and then shot him in the back as he rode past him.
The suspect was able to escape from the area and fled to Alabama. He remained at large until being shot and killed by officers in Andalusia, Alabama, while resisting arrest in March 1903. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
