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Charles Wells Dunn, aged 51, was the Chief of Police in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. On March 4, 1910, he was mortally wounded by a gunshot while attempting to apprehend a suspect who had just shot a state senator and a state assemblyman. The suspect became enraged when the senator informed him that he had not received a letter the suspect claimed to have mailed. In a fit of rage, the suspect produced a handgun and shot both the senator and the assemblyman, wounding them. Dunn, who was nearby, ...Read More
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Charles Wells Dunn
Male
White / Caucasian
Scotland-neck
NC
1910-03-04
51
Charles
Wells Dunn
11/16/2025
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03/11/2023
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