In the winter of 1944, the community of West Memphis, Arkansas, was shaken by the loss of one of its own. Deputy Sheriff Roy Curtis, a male officer with the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, was shot on Saturday, February 5, 1944, while attempting to arrest a suspect in the area of Presley-junction. The encounter turned violent, and Deputy Curtis sustained a fatal gunshot wound.
Following the shooting, Deputy Curtis was transported to a hospital in nearby Memphis, Tennessee, where he fo ...
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