Killing of Robert Cook in Georgia in 1954

Incident

Case summary

Robert Cook, age 18, employed at Swift's Oil Mill, was killed in 1954 by police officer Harold Jeter in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. According to police accounts, Cook sped away from the patrol car of Jeter and officer R.G. Wills, that the officers gave chase, that, once out of the car, Cook pulled a knife on the officers, and Jeter shot him. Before he died in the hospital, Cook told his sister that the police had snatched him from the car, thrown him on the ground, and shot him. The car had been borrowed from Bobby Dean Williams. A quantity of 150 pounds of pecans, subsequently determined to be stolen, was found in the car.

Victim(s):

Robert Cook


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Harold Jeter

R. G. Wills

Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1954-12-22
Location: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia
Location type: public space - urban
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Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

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FBI case ID:

Bureau 44-8500

Atlanta 44-644

Miami 44-582

DOJ case ID:

144-19M-206


Document(s):
census records - closed
federal agency records
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