Roll of Honor
Ernest B. Hux
Incident
Guard Ernest Hux was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow guard during an attempted break for freedom by five convicts at the Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax County.
The convicts overpowered Guard Hux, disarmed him, commandeered a guard's car, and with Guard Hux held hostage started to flee. Two fellow guards gave pursuit and in an ensuing gun battle Guard Hux was struck in the head by a load of buck-shot fired by one of the guards. All five convicts surrendered and were taken into custody. All five, three of them serving life for murder, were charged with kidnapping.
Guard Hux left a wife and two children.
Rest in peace always knowing that no passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) August 30th, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Prison Guard Hux gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Prison Guard Hux.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Prison Guard Ernest B. Hux is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen.
At North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, 6 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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