Officer George Steve Watkins, a 25-year-old member of the Troy Police Department in Alabama, was fatally shot on November 26, 1981. The incident occurred when Officer Watkins responded to a report of an elderly man shooting a gun on Daisy Court. Earlier in the day, officers had already visited the scene for a similar report and had taken a gun from the man, but did not arrest him due to it being Thanksgiving Day.
Upon his second arrival at the scene, Officer Watkins was shot under the l
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