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Police Officer Ivey Jefferson Williams
Iron City Police Department
End of Watch:�� Sunday, June 3, 1923
Cause of Death:�� Gunfire
Town Marshal Ivey Jeff williams was shot and killed by a suspect he was arresting on a illegal possession of liquor charge.� The suspect fled Iron City and was arrested a year later in New Jersey.� The suspect was tried and convicted of murder and given the death sentence.
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Deputy Sheriff Robert Cunningham Jr
Seminole County Sheriff's Department
End of Watch:�� Wednesday, August 27, 1986
Cause of Death:�� Gunfire
Deputy Cunningham was shot and killed making a traffic stop.� The suspect began to struggle with Deputy Cunningham and shot him.� The suspect was arrested and sentenced to death.
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Chaplain Lattie Collins
End of Watch:�� January 8, 2003
Cause of Death:�� Accident
Chaplin Collins was also a volunteer Firefighter for the Donalsonville Volunteer Fire Departmnet.�� Collins was responding in his personal vehicle to a report of a motor vehicle crash. As he neared the fire station, he came to an intersection and met a responding engine approaching from the opposite direction.� Collins' vehicle and the engine stopped at their respective stops signs.� Collins was preparing to proceed across the intersection enroute to the fire station and the engine was preparing to make a turn. As� Collins proceeded through the intersection, his vehicle was struck on the right side by a vehicle traveling on the intersecting highway. The force of the collision drove� Collins' vehicle through the intersection, almost striking the responding engine.� Collins had apparently not seen the vehicle that struck him due to a blind spot or as a result of being focused on the presence of the engine. Firefighters immediately went to the aid of� Collins and found him laying across the front seat of his car with his head against the passenger's door. Firefighters could not find any vital signs but attempted to maintain an airway as extrication was accomplished.� Collins was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The cause of death was listed as closed head trauma complicated by positional asphyxia. Firefighter Collins was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.� Collins had been a member of the Donalsonville Fire Department for 3 months.��
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