Bio & Incident Details
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Tour: Not available
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Cause: Gunfire
Location: Alabama
Incident Date: 12/22/1912
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Apprehended
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Special Agent McGill was shot and killed near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while patrolling passenger train Number 103. He encountered a railroad employee selling whiskey to passengers in a baggage car. The employee shot Agent McGill and then threw his body from the train onto the railroad bridge over Gypsy Creek, Alabama. The suspect was arrested and taken to Birmingham, Alabama, to avoid a lynching.
Special Agent McGill had previously served as the chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
