Dooly County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
End of Watch: Friday, May 9, 1913
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 7, 1913
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Sheriff Charlie Bennett was shot and mortally wounded by a man he attempted to arrest for murdering his neighbor.
When Sheriff Bennett and his posse cornered the suspect and demanded his surrender, his answer was a bullet that knocked the sheriff from his horse. As he fell he returned fire, killing the suspect. Sheriff Bennett, wounded in his abdomen, died two days later.