Patrolman Charles Hensley

Charles Hensley

Patrolman Hensley was shot and fatally wounded after interrupting a burglary in progress. He was shot twice when he discovered two men breaking into a building in an alley near Felix Street. He identified the suspect who shot him just before he died at a hospital hours later. The suspect was arrested later that same day.

He had been with the agency for 23 years.

Patrolman Hensley was survived by his wife, two sons, six brothers, and one sister.