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Deputy Sheriff John J. Hensley | Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

Deputy Sheriff

John J. Hensley

Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

End of Watch: Friday, July 6, 1928

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 52

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 7/6/1928

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Apprehended

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Deputy Hensley and Sheriff Floyd Ball were shot and killed when they attempted to arrest three men who had just crashed their car through a barricade onto a newly concreted highway between Harlan and Pineville. The suspects opened fire on the officers as they exited their patrol car and then shot Deputy Hensley several more times as he lay on the ground. All three suspects were captured the next day.

Deputy Hensley was survived by his wife.

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Sheriff W. Floyd Ball
Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky
End of Watch: Friday, July 6, 1928
Cause: Gunfire

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MY BROTHER, YOU DID NOT DIE IN VAIN. YOU ARE A HERO. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. YOU SERVED WELL.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.
July 6, 2004

 

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