| Police Officer Charles B. Harvey Columbus Police Department Georgia End of Watch: Thursday, May 20, 1920 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Thursday, May 20, 1920 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Executed Officer Harvey and Officer J. W. Stokes were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspected liquor runner at the corner of 5th Avenue and 16th Street. The suspect produced a handgun and shot both officers. Officer Harvey died at the scene and Officer Stokes died of his wounds two days later.
The suspect fled the scene but was arrested a few days later. He was sentenced to death for the murders and later executed. Related Line of Duty Deaths |