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Photograph: Detective L. Arthur Mann

Patch image: Lynchburg Police Department, Virginia






Detective L. Arthur Mann
Lynchburg Police Department
Virginia

End of Watch: Saturday, March 27, 1920

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, March 27, 1920
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed

Detective Mann was shot and killed at 8th and Main Streets while attempting to arrest a man for carrying a handgun. Another detective was shot and wounded. The suspect was wanted at the time for murdering Detective J. H. Kitchen and Detective A. M. Blair of the Greenville, South Carolina, Police Department. After murdering Detective Mann the suspect fled to Ohio where he was apprehended. He was extradited to Virginia and executed for Detective Mann's murder.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Lynchburg Police Department, VirginiaDetective Alfred M. Blair
Greenville Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Lynchburg Police Department, VirginiaDetective Jospeh H. Kitchen
Greenville Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

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