United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Bureau of Prohibition, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Tuesday, January 14, 1930
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 14, 1930
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Never apprehended
Federal Prohibition Agent Louis Davies was shot and killed while raiding a still in Pamlico County, North Carolina.
He and another agent had arrested one man at the still. As the they searched the site, the man was able to gain control of Agent Davies' gun and fatally shot him. The man fled the scene and was never arrested.
Agent Davies is survived by his wife and three children.