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Dennis Wilbert Allen

Case from Four-oaks, NC dated Jun 03, 1977

Victim Details

Dennis Wilbert Allen

Male

White / Caucasian

Four-oaks

NC

1977-06-03

24

Dennis

Wilbert Allen

06/30/2026

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Dennis Wilbert Allen, a 24-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a patrolman with the Four Oaks Police Department in North Carolina. On June 3, 1977, he was shot and killed while performing his duties. Patrolman Allen had stopped a suspicious vehicle on a service road approaching I-95. Unbeknownst to him, the driver of the vehicle had just committed a robbery and murdered another man minutes earlier.

As Patrolman Allen asked the driver for his identification and registration, the man ...
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  • Dennis Wilbert Allen (1952-1977) - Find a Grave Memorial
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