Walker Campbell

In the winter of 1919, the city of Alexandria, Virginia, was unsettled by the loss of one of its own. Private Walker W. Campbell, a White male officer of the Alexandria Police Department, succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound on February 16, 1919. The dedicated officer's life was cut short as a result of an injury he sustained in the line of duty two days prior, on February 14, 1919.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting of Officer Campbell remain shrouded in the mists of time, with few ...