Today, we remember City of Charleston Police Department Sergeant Henry William Buck, Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Kevin Earl Carper, and Hardeeville Police Department Corporal Mark David Jones.
On this date in 1921, Sergeant H. William Buck was shot and killed while helping a wife retrieve her possessions after a domestic dispute at 7 Ashton Street in Charleston.
On this date in 2007, Deputy Sheriff Kevin Carper was shot and killed during a foot pursuit of a suspect who fled during a traffic stop.
On this date in 2005, Corporal Mark Jones was killed in an automobile crash on I-95. He was responding to back up an officer who needed assistance at a local restaurant at approximately 4:20 a.m. During the response, he lost control of his patrol car, traveled off the roadway, and struck several trees in the median.
