Grayson County Sheriff's Office, Virginia
End of Watch: Sunday, March 5, 1933
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: March 5, 1933
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Sheriff Charles McKnight was shot and killed when he responded to reports of a man threatening a family inside a home on Route 12 (modern-day Route 58) about six miles east of Independence.
He was shot in the chest when he approached the man to question him.
The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On May 25, 1934, Governor George C. Peery commuted his sentence to life. On December 6, 1939, he died in prison from cardiovascular renal disease.
Sheriff McKnight had served with the Grayson County Sheriff's Office for four years. He was survived by his wife and two children.