HOMER ALLEN LEE

HOMER ALLEN LEE Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 28
Department: Americus, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: February 20, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 10
Description: Lieutenant Lee was shot as he attempted to arrest a suspect on a disorderly conduct charge. The suspect resisted arrest, gained control of the officer's weapon and shot Lieutenant Lee in the head with his own gun. Lieutenant Lee returned fire with a second pistol he had in his possession and fatally shot the suspect in the chest before he succumbed to his wound.
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