Brunswick Police Department, Georgia
End of Watch: Saturday, December 24, 1921
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 24, 1921
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Acquitted
Special Constable Marvin Wilder was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on two brothers at 2014 Reynolds Street.
He was standing on the home's porch when he was struck by a blast of buckshot. Both brothers were arrested and charged with Constable Wilder's murder after one of them admitted to firing the shot. On May 26, 1922, he was tried and acquitted.
Constable Wilder was survived by his wife and one child.