WILLIE M LANGSTON

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 49-W: 20
Department: Leon County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: March 19, 1909
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 2
Description: Sheriff Langston was shot while attempting to serve an arrest warrant for theft. The suspect shot Sheriff Langston as he entered the house. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death but was lynched by an angry mob.
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