OFFICER A. B. HUNT KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

Motorcycle Officer A.B. Hunt May 1, 1932, Age 31, 2 years service
Officer Hunt was killed in shoot out with five bandits in the 700 block of Buncombe Street at the Triangle Service Station. Officer Hunt (in uniform) accompanied two detectives to investigate two suspicious subjects who were in a taxi. (There had been armed robberies in the area involving hijacked taxis.) As the officers approached the taxi the subjects began firing. As the officers gained control of the subjects three accomplices drove up in another vehicle and fired on the officers with a full automatic weapon. One subject approached Officer Hunt and shot him twice with a pistol, killing him instantly. The remaining detectives were out of ammunition and were unable to return fire as the five subjects escaped. Four of the five suspects were later captured, but only one shooter was convicted and given a life sentence.