Jean Hayden Youngblood, a 37-year-old police officer with the Troy Police Department in Alabama, lost his life in the line of duty on May 21, 1962. On that day, he was responding to a situation involving a man who had just robbed a bank and murdered two bank tellers.
As Officer Youngblood attempted to secure a business to prevent further harm, he was shot by the perpetrator. This tragic incident resulted in his death, as he was shot through the heart.
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