Bibb County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
End of Watch: Saturday, July 29, 1922
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 29, 1922
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Lynched
Deputy Sheriff Walter Byrd was shot and killed as he was walking out of a pool room in Macon. The suspect was captured the next day in Griffin.
The officers who captured the suspect were escorting him back to Macon when they were surrounded by an angry mob near Holton. The mob seized and shot the suspect to death.