Liberty Allen Turner

Dickenson County Sheriff's Office — Clintwood, VA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch October 20, 1927

Age 37

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Liberty Turner was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two people were playing an illegal dice game on the roadway in Boody, Virginia, near the Dickenson County - Wise County border.

One of the men who he was attempting to arrest was a childhood friend. The man pulled out a handgun and the two exchanged shots. Deputy Turner and the other subject were both killed.

Deputy Turner was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI.

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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 Turner served with the Dickenson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Clintwood 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 Dickenson County Sheriff's Office

Location Clintwood, VA

Platform Identity dcso.dickenson.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1927

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

Liberty Allen Turner served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Sheriff Liberty Allen Turner 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 VA, 395 of 654 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Dickenson County Sheriff's Office, 7 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Dickenson County Sheriff's Office

of 7 officers

100% Felonious

VA — Statewide

395

of 654 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious