Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Henry Winters was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant.
Sheriff Winters had learned the man was at his mother's home in the county and summoned a posse to assist him. The posse arrived at the home at approximately 10:00 P.M. and ordered the man to come out.
The suspected exited the home and was placed under arrest, but a moment later his mother and brother-in-law came out of the home. The two created a commotion which allowed the suspect to slip back into the home and grab a shotgun. He opened fire on Sheriff Winters with both barrels, striking him the abdomen.
Sheriff Winters was taken to his home where he succumbed to his wounds the following evening.
The two men escaped following the shooting. The man who shot Sheriff Winters was arrested by a United States Marshal in Weakly County, Tennessee, the following week.
Correction: Sheriff Winter died at the house of one Dave Johnson. more info: The perpetrator, after being returned to Clinton from Weakly County, was broken out of jail by two "masked, unknown bandits", taken to the "Hanging tree" and lynched. A pamphlet detailing Sheriff Winter's murder is on sale through the Hickman County Historical Society.
MAJ Wiley Winter Great-Great Grandson June 5th, 2017
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Sheriff Winters served with the Hickman County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Clinton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sheriff Henry Harrison Winters 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 97,756 officers honored here.
In KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 76.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Henry Harrison Winters was killed by shotgun.
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