Bio & Incident Details
Age: 23
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/4/1982
Weapon: Shotgun
Suspect: Convicted of felony murder
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Deputy Sheriff Charles Jordan was shot and killed after responding to a burglar alarm at a pharmacy in Pegram. Although he was off-duty he lived nearby and was called to check the scene. When he arrived on the scene he informed dispatchers that he observed two suspects inside and that he had taken up a defensive position behind his patrol car to wait for backup officers.
A third suspect, who was acting as a lookout, approached him from behind and shot him in the back with a shotgun as he waited for the backup officers. The three suspects, who were brothers, fled the scene but were all apprehended and convicted of felony murder.
In 2000 a portion of Highway 70 in Cheatham County was renamed The Frank Jordan Memorial Highway in his memory.
Deputy Jordan was survived by his mother, Reba, and his sister, Pamela.
