Killing of Oscar Hambrick in Georgia in 1941
Incident
Oscar Hambrick, age 42, a laborer, was killed in 1941 by patrolman J.L. Bowen in Atlanta, Georgia. Bowen claimed that he confronted Hambrick for bootlegging, that Hambrick pulled a knife but then fled when Bowen pulled his gun, and that Bowen then tripped over a clothesline and accidentally discharged his gun, shooting Hambrick in the neck. The fatal shooting occurred in the backyard of a home.
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