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Deputy Sheriff Charles R. Williams | Dade County Sheriff's Department, Florida
Dade County Sheriff's Department, Florida

Deputy Sheriff

Charles R. Williams

Dade County Sheriff's Department, Florida

End of Watch: Monday, September 18, 1916

Biographical Info

Age: 46
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: September 16, 1916
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Two shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff Charles Williams, Deputy Sheriff Allen Henderson, and Deputy Sheriff William Henderson were shot and killed while riding on a posse in an attempt to arrest four bank robbery suspects along a canal approximately one mile east of Florida City.

The suspects had fled into the Everglades and were pursued by the posse. After the initial shooting, the suspect fled to the western part of the state where two of them were killed and the other two apprehended.

Deputy Allen Henderson and Deputy William Henderson were brothers.

Deputy Williams was survived by his wife and three children.