In the pre-dawn hours of a 1957 morning in Leighton, Alabama, Police Chief Henry Jennings Searcy was preparing for his day. At approximately 5 a.m., while adjusting his gun belt, he was ambushed. A suspect opened fire with a. 44 caliber rifle, striking the 38-year-old chief ten times and killing him almost instantly. The man who would be charged with his murder had a previous encounter with the chief, having been charged by him for killing an animal without cause.
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