Ware County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 17, 1890
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 17, 1890
Weapon Used: Rifle; .38 caliber
Suspect Info: Executed in 1892
Deputy Sheriff Aleck Culpepper was shot and killed by a man he was attempting to arrest for burglary.
Deputy Culpepper had a warrant for a man who had burglarized the commissary of a railroad tie contractor in Waycross. As Deputy Culpepper and two other deputies approached the suspect's shanty he opened fire with a rifle through a crack in the doorway. Deputy Culpepper was hit once in the chest and killed instantly.
The suspect was captured in Valdosta six months later. He was hanged on May 13, 1892.