Deputy Sheriff John Allen, Pike County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky

Deputy Sheriff John Allen

Pike County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky

End of Watch Sunday, July 20, 1930

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John Allen

Deputy Sheriff John Allen was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance in Pinsonfork, Kentucky.

As he arrived at the location he encountered two men in an automobile. As he stepped onto the vehicle's runningboard the occupants opened fire, fatally wounding him. Both men were arrested after the shooting.

He was transported to Memorial Hospital in Mingo County, West Virginia, where he died the following day.

Deputy Allen was survived by his wife.

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Age 24
Tour Not available
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Saturday, July 19, 1930
Weapon Handgun
Offender Arrested

disturbance

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Deputy John Allen was my grandfather. He was so young and left behind 2 young children. My mother was only a baby and never got over not knowing her father.

Linda Bragg American citizen
Granddaughter

September 16, 2020