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| Police Officer Nelson Harrison Gibson Columbus Police Department Georgia End of Watch: Sunday, September 12, 1915 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Sunday, September 12, 1915 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Shot and killed by Ofc. Gibson Officer Gibson was shot and killed by a robbery suspect at the corner of 9th Street and 5th Avenue. Officer Gibson was able to return fire and kill the suspect.
Officer Gibson was survived by his son, Harry Gibson, who also became a Columbus police officer and was also shot and killed in the line of duty on April 6, 1943. Related Line of Duty Deaths |  |