In the small town of Courtland, Alabama, a seven-year veteran of the local police force, William Houston McCormack, served as the Chief of Police. At 42 years old, he was a husband and a father to five children. His life was cut short on Sunday, May 2, 1948, in a sudden act of violence that also claimed the life of his killer.
The tragic event unfolded inside a drug store on the town's main street. The father of a man whom Chief McCormack had arrested the week prior held a grudge against
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