City Marshal Caleb B. Dunn, Jackson Police Department, Kentucky

City Marshal Caleb B. Dunn

Jackson Police Department, Kentucky

End of Watch Saturday, August 18, 1934

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Caleb B. Dunn

Marshal Caleb Dunn was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for failing to appear in court.

The man had been issued a warrant by a magistrate for disorderly conduct. The man refused to appear at court and instead went to the police station with members of his family. While in front of the police station, they engaged in a shootout with Marshal Dunn, shooting him nine times. The suspect was also shot and killed.

Marshal Dunn had served with the Jackson Police Department for nine months and had formerly served with the Breathitt County Sheriff's Department. He was survived by his wife, six children, father, and five brothers.

He is buried in Dunn Cemetery near Lee City, in Wolfe County, Kentucky.

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Age 35
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber
Offender Shot and killed

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My grandfather was Sammy Dunn and mother Geraldine Dunn maiden name. I retired from the Knoxville Police Dept but grew hearing stories of Caleb Dunn and several times as a child visited and decorated Calebs grave at the Dunn family cemetary. You were one of the reasons I became LOA. You were always my hero.

Harlan Ben Edmonson Investigator KPD
Knoxville Police Dept and relative

May 9, 2025