Kentucky Highway Patrol, Kentucky
End of Watch: Thursday, May 18, 1944
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 18, 1944
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: One shot and killed
Patrolman Houston Greene was shot and killed and a fellow officer was seriously wounded by two men who ambushed them as they walked out of a drug store in Pineville. Both patrolmen returned fire killing one suspect and wounding the other.
The offenders had been angered by a raid the officers had made on their bootlegging establishment earlier in the day. The man who was killed had recently been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder.
Patrolman Greene was survived by his wife.