In the summer of 1922, a 35-year-old man named Cary Dorsey Freeman met a violent end in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a Prohibition Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, he had been on the job for less than a month before the fatal encounter.
On July 22, 1922, Agent Freeman, along with his partner Agent Howard Fisher, was executing a search warrant at a residence in the Titustown area of Norfolk.
The home belonged to a man named James Chambers. While the agents were in the process of searching the house for illicit goods, the situation took a deadly turn. Chambers managed to access a hidden gun and opened fire on the two agents, killing both Freeman and Fisher.
Following the shooting, James Chambers fled the scene of the crime. His freedom, however, was short-lived. A Federal posse was quickly assembled to track down the suspect. The manhunt for Chambers concluded with him being found and killed by the pursuing officers. Agent Freeman was survived by his wife, Hazel.
