Etowah County Sheriff's Office, Alabama
End of Watch Sunday, September 1, 1929
Add to My HeroesJohn Wesley O'Bryen
Deputy Sheriff John O'Bryen was shot and killed near Gasden as he walked out of a church after attending Sunday services.
Horrified members of the congregation said a man walked up to him, shot him three times, and then fired two more shots into his body after he fell to the ground. The suspect immediately surrendered to the sheriff. Deputy Sheriff O'Bryen had seized a gallon of bootleg liquor from the man during a raid at his home earlier that morning.
The 23-year-old suspect was convicted of second degree murder and sentence to 15 years. In June of 1930 he was granted a new trial, convicted again of second degree murder, but sentenced to 10 years. He was paroled on May 24, 1939.
Bio
- Age 43
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender paroled in 1939
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