Daniel Curtis Ahl

Aiken County Sheriff's Office — Aiken, SC

Felonious

End of Watch July 22, 1902

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Curtis Ahl was shot and killed while riding with a posse in an attempt to arrest a man who had murdered Officer Joseph Flanders, of Swainsboro Police Department in Georgia, four days earlier.

The posse had located the suspect in his mother's yard and attempted to arrest him. As Deputy Ahl rode up to the suspect on his horse the man stepped out of the way and then shot him in the back as he rode past him.

The suspect was able to escape from the area and fled to Alabama. He remained at large until being shot and killed by officers in Andalusia, Alabama, while resisting arrest in March 1903.

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) July 22nd, 2020

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Ahl served with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Aiken community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Ahl.

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

Agency

Department Aiken County Sheriff's Office

Location Aiken, SC

Platform Identity acso.aiken.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1902

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff Daniel Curtis Ahl 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 SC, 271 of 438 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.9% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Aiken County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Aiken County Sheriff's Office

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 438 officers

61.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious