On a tragic day in Waverly, Virginia, 25-year-old Patrolman Allen William Gibson, Jr. lost his life. It was April 25, 1998, and the young officer, who had been with the Waverly Police Department for only two months, was on foot patrol. He encountered two men engaged in what he suspected was a drug transaction in a wooded area behind the Waverly Village Apartments.
An altercation broke out between Gibson and the two individuals. In the ensuing struggle, Gibson was shot once in the abdomen
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