Charlotte Police Department, North Carolina
End of Watch: Monday, October 21, 1929
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: 20 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 21, 1929
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: At large
Detective Jenkins was shot and killed while he and other officers tried to quell a disturbance involving four men at First and Davidson Streets. While making an arrest one of the men grabbed a riot gun held by another officer. As they struggled for possession of the gun it discharged striking Detective Jenkins in the abdomen. The suspect escaped.
Detective Jenkins had been with the agency for five years. Before that he was a deputy sheriff for 15 years with the York County Sheriff's Department, South Carolina. He was survived by his wife, three sons, and a daughter.