On December 24, 1885, City Marshal Kinnard Barnes of the Hillsboro Police Department in Alabama was fatally shot while attempting to arrest a man involved in a fight. After detaining one participant, Marshal Barnes returned to apprehend the second individual. Upon seeing the marshal, the suspect fled into a house and armed himself with a shotgun. As Marshal Barnes approached, the man shot him in the head, resulting in his immediate death.
The assailant was arrested several days later an
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