Bio & Incident Details
Age: 23
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Virginia
Incident Date: 10/3/1911
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Deputy Sam Collins and Deputy Oland Collins were shot and killed in Lee County, Virginia, as they attempted to serve a warrant on a subject wanted as a witness in a murder trial.
The deputies, accompanied by the Bell County sheriff and the Lee County sheriff, had gone to the woman's home at Gibson Station, Virginia, in order to return her to Kentucky. When the posse was refused entry into the home they attempted to force their way in, but the occupants opened fire.
Both deputies, who were brothers, were killed and the Lee County sheriff was wounded.
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