JAMES R FLINT

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 39-W: 24
Department: Buena Vista, Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: August 21, 1921
Cause: NIFE
Age: 43
Years of Service: 10
Description: Patrolman Flint was stabbed to death as he attempted to arrest a escaped prisoner. The suspect had escaped from the State Reformatory in Richmond, Virginia. While escorting the suspect to the jail, the parents of the suspect attacked Patrolman Flint with a knife. Patrolman Flint was stabbed in the chest and bled to death one hour later.
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