Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/19/1928
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Inspector Hatcher was shot and killed in Culpeper County while attempting to arrest a murder suspect. The suspect was able to gain control of Inspector Hatcher's service weapon and shot him five times.
He was transported to the University of Virginia Hospital, in Charlottesville, where he succumbed to his wounds. The suspect fled the scene and evaded capture.
Inspector Hatcher was survived by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters. He was buried in Middleburg.
On March 14, 1942, the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles was split into the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of State Police. The Virginia State Police assumed highway patrol duties while the Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Division assumed investigative duties.
