Roll of Honor
Arthur Brooks Bloodworth
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Bloodsworth was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a subject at his home in Summerville.
He and a Summerville police officer had gone to the home after the man's wife swore out a warrant for assault against the subject. The officers encountered the man sitting out front and informed him of the warrant. They allowed him to enter his home to obtain a pair of shoes and followed him inside. As the man entered a bedroom he grabbed a double barreled shotgun and attempted to commit suicide with it.
Deputy Bloodsworth grabbed the gun and began to struggle with the subject, during which time the shotgun discharged and struck Deputy Bloodsworth in the upper leg. He died of his wounds a short time later.
The man, 35, was convicted of Deputy Bloodsworth's murder and sentenced to life in prison. On January 7, 1953, the suspect, now an inmate trustee, walked away from the Chattooga Prison Camp and returned 20 minutes later and told guards he had killed his ex-wife. He said he met his former wife near the camp; they got into an argument, and he cut her throat. He was charged with murder and confined in the Chattooga County Jail. On August 11, 1953, he was convicted of his ex-wife's murder and sentenced to another life sentence. He was paroled on July 21, 1967, and died on July 20, 1968.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Bloodworth served with the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Summerville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bloodworth.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Brooks Bloodworth is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur Brooks Bloodworth's cause is highlighted.
How Arthur Brooks Bloodworth Compares
Offender Outcome
Paroled in 1967
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur Brooks Bloodworth is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Arthur Brooks Bloodworth was killed by shotgun.