Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 8 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/22/1937
Weapon: Shotgun
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Private Hoffer was shot and killed while he and several other officers attempted to arrest an escapee from the Fayette County Jail. While approaching a house the man was in the suspect opened fire from an upstairs window, striking Private Hoffer. The suspect was killed when the officers returned fire. Private Hoffer succumbed to his wounds five days later.
Private Hoffer had been with the agency for almost eight years and was survived by his wife.
