Toliver Clayton Hearn

Walker County Sheriff's Office — Lafayette, GA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 29, 1925

Age 31

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Toliver Hearn was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who was assaulting a woman at 10:45 p.m.

The 34-year-old subject was arrested, convicted of Deputy Hearn's murder, and subsequently sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life. He was paroled on July 24, 1933.

Deputy Hearn was a United States Army WWI veteran.

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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.
Deputy Sheriff Hearn served with the Walker County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Lafayette 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office

Location Lafayette, GA

Platform Identity wcso.walker.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 29, 1925

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Paroled in 1933

Military Service

Toliver Clayton Hearn served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Toliver Clayton Hearn 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%.

At Walker County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 9 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Walker County Sheriff's Office

of 9 officers

66.7% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious