Homer Chatham Nuckolls

Pine Bluff Police Department — Pine Bluff, AR

Felonious

End of Watch December 25, 1926

Age 45

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Detective Homer Nuckolls was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute at a home near the intersection of West 14th Avenue and South Hazel Street. Officers were called to the home after a husband threatened to kill his wife. The man was shot and killed by another officer during the incident.

Survivors

Detective Nuckolls was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, and four siblings.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Nuckolls served with the Pine Bluff Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pine Bluff community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Nuckolls.

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

Agency

Department Pine Bluff Police Department

Location Pine Bluff, AR

Platform Identity pbpd.jefferson.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1926

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Detective Homer Chatham Nuckolls 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 AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Pine Bluff Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Pine Bluff Police Department

of 5 officers

100% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious