| Night Policeman Charles E. King Jerome Police Department Arizona End of Watch: Thursday, September 1, 1910 Biographical Info Age: 47 Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Saturday, August 27, 1910 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Hung Night Policeman King died from injuries received August 27th when he was responding to gunfire.
Officer King was responding to the shots which had been fired by N. D. Chavez who had been drinking and had gone to his estranged wife's house and started shooting. When Office King arrived, the shots had stopped and he was questioning a 14-year old girl when two more shots rang out, one hitting the girl in the leg and the other hitting King in the back. Chavez was arrested, tried, and hung.
Night Policeman was survived by his wife, daughter, and son. |