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Policeman

Henry Fort Brown

Columbia Police Department — Columbia, SC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 17, 1921

Age 45

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

The Vigil Panel 41 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 9

Incident

Policeman Henry Brown was shot and killed by a prowler he confronted near the intersection of Park Street and First Street (modern-day Abbeville Street), at Camp Fornance, just after midnight.

A suspect who claimed to have seen the officer shot and killed by a prowler was held for investigation, but the shooting remains unsolved.

Policeman Brown was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Columbia Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and eight children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Policeman Brown gave the Columbia Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbia community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Columbia Police Department

Type Other

Location Columbia, SC

Platform Identity cpd.richland.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1921

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun; Pistol

Military Service

Henry Fort Brown served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Policeman Henry Fort Brown is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In SC, 271 of 440 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.6% of this state's fallen. That is 61.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Columbia Police Department, 5 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Columbia Police Department

of 10 officers

50% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 440 officers

61.6% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious