WILLIS JACKSON GENES

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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 59-E: 20
Department: Fayetteville, North Carolina, P.D.
End of Watch: March 16, 1939
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 12
Description: Officers Gene, Johnson, and Godwin were attempting to arrest a suspect for being intoxicated in public. As Officers struggled with suspect, he took one of the officers' pistol and began firing. Officer Genes was killed. Officers Frank Johnson and Charles Godwin were wounded.
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