Charles Robert Blackstock

Death by Force

Charles Robert Blackstock, a 30-year-old male officer with the Asheville Police Department, North Carolina, was shot and killed on November 13, 1906. Officer Blackstock responded to a call about a man with a rifle who had threatened to kill another man. When Officer Blackstock and another officer approached the suspect's home on Valley Street near Eagle Street, the suspect opened fire, striking Officer Blackstock in the chest and the other officer in the arm.

The suspect then fled the sc ...Read More

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