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Robert Bob Smith

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Feb 06, 1922

Victim Details

Robert Bob Smith

Male

Birmingham

AL

1922-02-06

Robert

Bob Smith

06/21/2026

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Robert “Bob” Smith, a male deputy sheriff with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Birmingham, Alabama was killed by gunfire on February 6, 1922, during what began as routine law work and turned, in seconds, into a deadly standoff.

That day, Smith and another deputy went out to serve an arrest warrant on a man described as a murder suspect. The encounter was direct and close-range: when the deputies moved in to execute the warrant, the suspect opened fire. Smith was struck and ...
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