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William Gerome Hardy

Case from Homewood, AL dated Jul 19, 1995

Victim Details

William Gerome

Male

Black / African American

Homewood

AL

1995-07-19

49

William

Gerome Hardy

07/16/2026

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In the early morning hours of July 19, 1995, William Gerome Hardy, a 49-year-old African American male and a 23-year veteran of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed. He was working an off-duty security detail at the Crown Sterling Suites on Woodcrest Place when he was gunned down in the parking lot while investigating a noise complaint. Responding officers found Deputy Hardy mortally wounded, with his own firearm still in its holster.

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