Killing of Walter Gunn in Alabama in 1942

Incident

Case summary

Walter Gunn, 34, a mechanic, truck driver, and construction worker for Tuskegee Army Flying School, was killed in 1942 by Sheriff E. E. Evans and Deputy Franklin Faucett in Tuskegee, Alabama. Evans and Faucett chased Gunn to his home, fired shots at him in front of his wife and children, and knocked him over the head with a pistol. Evans was tried in federal court for the killing of Gunn and other violence against persons in his custody, but the jury acquitted. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request

Victim(s):

Walter Gunn


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Edwin Eugene Evans

Henry Franklin Faucett

Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1942-06-27
Location: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
Location type: victim's home
Allegation against victim: exhibiting public drunkenness; resisting arrest; being the target of possible jealousy over the attention of a Black woman named Ollie Jackson

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: yes
Finding of no legal responsibility: yes

Criminal process
Arrest: [ ]
Charge/indictment/information: [ ]
Grand jury: yes
Trial: yes
Conviction: no
Sentence: [ ]

FBI case ID:

Birmingham 44-48

Bureau 44-668

DOJ case ID:

144-2-3


Document(s):
advocacy group resources
census records - closed
court records
death certificates
federal agency records
news articles - closed
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