On October 28, 1933, Chief of Police Charles R. Smith, aged 51, of the Piedmont Police Department in Alabama, responded to a disturbance call at a local residence on Piedmont Avenue. Accompanied by Officer F. Augusta Kimberly, Chief Smith investigated the situation inside the house. Upon exiting, they encountered a man armed with a shotgun. When Chief Smith inquired about the man's intentions, the individual responded by firing the weapon, striking Chief Smith with two blasts.
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