HONOR | Fallen Heroes

PEDER THOMAS JOHNSON



Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff

Department: Duval County, Florida, S.O.

End of Watch: 12/21/1913

Cause: gunfire

Age: 36


Deputy Sheriff Johnson was fatally shot as he attempted to arrest several men who were discharging firearms. His suspected assailant was killed a month later, in an exchange of gunfire, when Helena (GA) Marshal Harman Yancy attempted to arrest him. Marshal Yancey also died.

 

 

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