Killing of Theodore Roosevelt Curry in Arkansas in 1948

Incident

Case summary

Theodore Roosevelt Curry, age 26, a laborer, was killed in 1948 by police detective sergeant Dennis Jones in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. According to police, Jones and officer Jack Morgan were on a routine night patrol when they saw two “negro” men on a corner, one of whom was “acting suspicious” and apparently drinking. The officers stopped and called the men to their car. Morgan warned that one of them (Curry, apparently) had a gun. Curry fled. The police gave chase, and Jones fatally shot Curry. The officers claimed that they subsequently found Curry’s sawed-off shotgun nearby. Prosecutor Edwin Dunaway declined to prosecute the officers.

Victim(s):

Theodore Roosevelt Curry


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Dennis L. Jones

Jack Morgan

Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1948-04-10
Location: North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Location type: private space - domestic
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Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

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FBI case ID:

Little Rock 44-122

DOJ case ID:

144-9-63


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