Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 8
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/20/1940
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1943
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Sergeant William Black was shot and killed near Ringgold by an escaped convict from Missouri after he and his partner stopped the man's vehicle for a traffic violation.
The suspect shot Sergeant Black as he approached the driver's door. The man fled on foot but was arrested after a large manhunt in Georgia and Tennessee. He sentenced to death and executed for Sergeant Black's murder on March 12, 1943.
