CHARLES F HOOKS
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Officer Rank: Detention Officer
Memorial Panel: 34-W: 24
Department: Memphis & Shelby County, Tennessee, Juvenile Court
End of Watch: August 29, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 69
Years of Service: 7
Description: Officer Hooks was shot and killed by a 15 year old juvenile detainee. Officer Hooks was assembling the boys for dinner when the youth pulled out a pistol and shot Officer Hooks in the stomach. Seven juveniles escaped from the facility. Officer Hooks was taken to the hospital where he died two hours later.
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