Hugh H DeShazo

In the winter of 1914, a young police officer's life was tragically cut short in Dothan, Alabama. Officer Hugh H. DeShazo, a 28-year-old male who had been with the Dothan Police Department for a mere month, was walking his beat on December 7th. He made a stop at a local grocery store to use the telephone, a routine act that would soon turn fatal.

While inside the store, a man entered and, without warning, shot Officer DeShazo four times. The young officer, who was survived by his wife and ...

Officer Hugh H. DeShazo

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