Bio & Incident Details
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Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/6/1943
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Officer Gibson was shot and killed while attempting to arrest an AWOL soldier from Ft. Benning. The soldier and another man with him both produced handguns and fatally shot Officer Gibson. Both suspects were later shot and killed by other officers.
Officer Gibson's father, Nelson Gibson, was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 12, 1915, while also serving as a police officer for the Columbus Police Department.
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