Newberry Police Department, South Carolina
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 22, 1939
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 22, 1939
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Police Officer Forrest Krell was shot and killed by the father of a man who had shot his wife in the foot during a domestic violence incident.
Officer Krell arrested the man and transferred custody to another officer in order to search the home for the pistol. The man's 58-year-old father fatally shot him as he searched the home.
The father was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on October 22nd, 1939. He died in prison on January 15th, 1947.