Deputy Sheriff L.C. Hilton, aged 33, of Polk County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina, was shot and killed on March 26, 1905. Hilton was shot by a man he had arrested for carrying concealed weapons. When the suspect was taken before a magistrate, he bolted from the deputy and escaped. Hilton pursued the suspect and fired at him, and the suspect returned fire, killing Hilton.
The suspect, a 19-year-old male, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison in Octobe
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