Today, we remember York County Constable William Gilmore DuRant, Berkeley County Constable Robert Hassell, Bamberg Police Department Chief of Police John King, and South Carolina Highway Patrol Senior Patrolman Walter T. Bell.
On this date in 1884, Constable Gilmore was shot and killed while arresting a fugitive from Charlotte, North Carolina.
On this date in 1893, Constable Hassell was shot and killed while serving a trespass warrant at Magnolia Mines.
On this date in 1903, Chief of Police John King was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance at a home on Factory Hill.
On this date in 1939, Senior Patrolman Walter Bell was killed in an automobile accident in Kershaw, South Carolina, when his patrol car was struck head-on by another vehicle.
