Hillsboro Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch Thursday, December 24, 1885
Add to My HeroesKinnard Barnes
City Marshal Kinnard Barnes was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who had been involved in a fight.
Marshal Barnes had arrested one of the men and then returned to arrest the second. When the subject saw Marshal Barnes he ran into a house and armed himself with a shotgun. As Marshal Barnes approached the man shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
The subject was arrested several days later. He was tried for murder and acquitted.
Bio
- Age Not available
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Shotgun
- Offender Acquitted
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