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Deputy Sheriff Miles Hall | Letcher County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky
Letcher County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky

Deputy Sheriff

Miles Hall

Letcher County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky

End of Watch: Tuesday, November 1, 1921

Biographical Info

Age: 29
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 31, 1921
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available

Deputy Miles Hall succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained hours earlier while attempting to quell a disturbance.

As he attempted to separate the men one of them became combative and Deputy Hall struck him with his pistol. As a doctor tended to the injured man's wound someone else shot Deputy Hall in the stomach, fatally wounding him.

Deputy Hall was survived by his wife.