Mobile Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch: Friday, January 22, 1926
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 22, 1926
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1926
Officer Christopher Dean was shot and killed while checking on four suspicious men while walking his beat. He never had an opportunity to draw his own weapon.
The suspect was convicted of murder and executed by hanging on June 25, 1926.
Officer Dean was survived by his wife and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Moblie, Alabama.