On October 8, 1949, 25-year-old Constable Harold E. Groover of the Chambers County Constable's Office in Alabama was fatally shot while performing his duties. Constable Groover was in the process of repossessing furniture from a 39-year-old man when the individual opened fire, resulting in the constable's immediate death.
Following the incident, the assailant fled the scene but was apprehended later that evening in Lafayette, Alabama. He was subsequently convicted of first-degree murde
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