Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/30/1952
Weapon: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Deputy Higginbotham was shot and killed after he and a town marshal stopped a speeding car. After the car pulled over to the curb the two officers approached the driver. The man opened fire on them with a .45 caliber handgun, fatally wounding Deputy Higginbotham and wounding the marshal. The suspect was apprehended a short time later by a small posse. He was convicted of Deputy Higginbotham's murder and sentenced to life.
Deputy Higginbotham was survived by his wife and three children.
