Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Georgia
Incident Date: 6/17/1947
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Investigator Melvin Clark was shot and killed during a raid with federal and state liquor agents on a location in Homer, Georgia.
The agents had spread out in preparation of raiding the still. As they approached a state agent heard several shots and witnessed three men running from Investigator Clark's location. The state agent gave chase but was unable to catch the suspects.
When he returned to the scene he learned that Investigator Clark had been shot and killed.
The three men, all brothers, eventually turned themselves in. The man who shot Investigator Clark confessed and was sentenced to life in prison.
