JOSEPH C RODGERS

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 3-W: 21
Department: Florence County, South Carolina, S.O.
End of Watch: April 9, 1997
Cause: SHOT
Age: 25
Years of Service: 2
Description: A struggle ensued when Deputy Rodgers attempted to arrest a person wanted in a double homicide investigation. The suspect drew a gun on the deputy and brought him back out to the officer's patrol car where he shot Deputy Rodgers in the head. Deputy Rodgers died seven hours later.
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