Farmville Police Department, North Carolina
End of Watch: Saturday, January 20, 1906
Age:
Tour of Duty: 3 weeks
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 20, 1906
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1907
Constable Lovett was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on two men who had been involved in a disturbance with two other men. As Constable Lovett approached the men one of them opened fire, fatally wounding him.
Both suspects were apprehended and charged with Constable Lovett's murder. The suspect who shot Constable Lovett was sentenced to death and hanged in Greenville on January 15, 1907. The second suspect was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Constable Lovett had been appointed as constable only 3 weeks earlier.