Deputy Sheriff Neil Christian, Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

Deputy Sheriff Neil Christian

Harlan County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

End of Watch Saturday, July 6, 1912

Neil Christian

Deputy Neil Christian succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier when he was shot by a man seeking revenge against the deputy.

The suspect's brother had been shot and killed by Deputy Christian the previous month as he attempted to arrest him. The brother shot Deputy Christian in the same store in which his brother had been killed.

Deputy Christian was taken to the hospital in Pineville where he remained until succumbing to his wound two days later.

Bio

Age 36
Tour Not available
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Thursday, July 4, 1912
Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber
Offender Apprehended

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 15, 2015