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William Gaskin

Case from Huntsville, AL dated Aug 27, 1968

Victim Details

William Gaskin

Male

White / Caucasian

Huntsville

AL

1968-08-27

22

William

Gaskin

06/26/2026

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In the late summer of 1968, a young Huntsville police officer's life was tragically cut short during what began as a routine traffic stop. Officer William T. Gaskin, a 22-year-old male, had only been with the department for three months when he was shot and killed on August 27th. A U.S. Army veteran, Gaskin had pulled over a vehicle on Toll Gate Road and had radioed his location to dispatch.

Responding officers arrived to a grim scene, finding Officer Gaskin suffering from a fatal gunshot ...
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