Thomas Benjamin Ben Wallace

Murdered
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On February 26, 1916, in Bessemer, Alabama, Chief of Police Thomas Benjamin "Ben" Wallace, aged 51, responded to an incident involving two detectives and a prisoner at the corner of 3rd Street and 19th Street. The detectives had arrested the man a few blocks away and were escorting him to jail when he began to resist. During the struggle, the suspect retrieved a .44 caliber revolver from one of the detectives' pockets and fired a shot that passed through the detective's knee and struck Chief Wal ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Thomas Benjamin Ben Wallace

    Male

    Bessemer

    AL

    1916-02-26

    51

    Thomas Benjamin Ben

    Wallace

    Accidental

    11/22/2024

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