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Patrolman Houston Greene | Kentucky Highway Patrol, Kentucky
Kentucky Highway Patrol, Kentucky

Patrolman

Houston Greene

Kentucky Highway Patrol, Kentucky

End of Watch: Thursday, May 18, 1944

Biographical Info

Age: 27
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

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.