Estill Police Department, South Carolina
End of Watch Monday, January 3, 1938
Add to My HeroesKenneth Leroy Gohagan
Constable Gohagan was shot and killed while he and a local magistrate transported two prisoners to jail.
They stopped a truck containing six men to question them about a traffic violation when one of the occupants opened fire. Constable Gohagan was killed and the magistrate was critically wounded. One of the prisoners reported the shooting and a large manhunt was undertaken to locate the suspects.
A posse apprehended the suspects in a nearby woods. The shooter was shot and mortally wounded. He died at the South Carolina Penitentiary two months later. The other five suspects were released.
Bio
- Age Not available
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Shot and killed
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