Campbell County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
End of Watch: Monday, April 27, 1931
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 26, 1931
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Sentenced to 10 years
Deputy Sheriff Berry Lay succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day following the raid of a still.
As he passed the home of the individuals who owned the still an altercation occurred in which he was shot in the knee with a shotgun. One of the two subjects who attacked him then took his service revolver and shot him in the chest twice, fatally wounding him. He was taken Howard-Henderson Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Both suspects were convicted of murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Deputy Lay was survived by his wife.