Killing of Walter Gunn in Alabama in 1942
Incident
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
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- Department of Justice, files
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03633-LOCKWOOD William (1407938582)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03675-GUNN Walter (1408382342)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03675-GUNN Walter (1408382342)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03675-GUNN Walter (1408382342)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03675-GUNN Walter (1408382342)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03675-GUNN Walter (1408382342)
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the beating of Walter Gunn : May 1, 1943
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Pittsburgh Courier
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the Opelika Prison Beating : May 1, 1943
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Chicago Defender
- News article from Pittsburgh Press about two Alabama sheriffs indicted for police brutality and forced confessions : April 23, 1943
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Atlanta Daily World
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article People's Voice
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Chicago Defender
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Chicago Defender
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Pittsburgh Courier
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Pittsburgh Courier
- News article from Chicago Defender about trial verdict for lynching of Robert Hall : October 16, 1943
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the beating of Walter Gunn : July 3, 1943
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Atlanta Daily World
- News article from Atlanta Daily World regarding the slaying of Walter Gunn : July 5, 1942
- News article from the Carolina Times regarding the maltreatment of prisoners Walter Gunn : May 1, 1943
- Walter Gunn Newspaper Article Chicago Defender
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