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Today, we remember Lane Police Officer Ernest Simpson Blackmon, Florence County Sheriff’s Office – South Carolina Lieutenant Gary Hanna, and City of Charleston Police Department Officer Perrin Richard “Rick” Love, II.

On this date in 1924, Officer Ernest Blackmon succumbed to his wounds from being shot in the stomach while trying to arrest a gambling suspect.

On this date in 1998, Lieutenant Gary Hanna was killed in a vehicle crash when his patrol car ran off the road and overturned.

On this date in 1999, Officer Love was accidentally shot and killed by another officer as the two officers were being attacked by a man with a knife.