ALVIS BENJAMIN PHILLIPS

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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 25-E: 10
Department: Greenwood, South Carolina, P.D.
End of Watch: March 18, 1956
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 2
Description: Patrolman Phillips was shot and killed while investigating a domestic dispute between a man and woman. As he stepped out of his patrol car the man shot him in the head with a .45 caliber handgun. Patrolman Phillips was taken to a local hospital where he died a short time later. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to life in prison, where he later died.Patrolman Phillips was survived by his wife, two children, and four siblings.
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