CHARLES NELSON DOUGHTY
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 26-E: 12
Department: Newport News, Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: August 11, 1946
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 6
Description: Officer Doughty was shot with his own gun by a suspect he was attempting to arrest. A nearby cab driver assisted the wounded officer into his taxi, but the suspect wrenched the door open and shot Officer Doughty a second time, this time fatally.
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