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Richard Read

Case from Elizabethtown, KY dated Jul 22, 1901

Victim Details

Richard Read

Male

White / Caucasian

Elizabethtown

KY

1901-07-22

Richard

Read

07/06/2026

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In the summer of 1901, a male, Deputy Sheriff Richard Read of the Hardin County Sheriff's Department, met a violent end while trying to keep the peace at a public picnic in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. On July 22nd, Deputy Read confronted a man who was causing a disturbance. When the deputy instructed the man to be quiet, the individual drew a revolver and shot him twice.

A bystander who witnessed the shooting immediately returned fire, seriously wounding the suspect. The man who shot Deputy ...
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    Does anyone else find it unnerving how quickly things escalated after Deputy Read was shot? It reall... ...Read More
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    03/16/2023
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