Will Reynolds

Will Reynolds
Born	William Reynolds ca. 1867
Died	April 6, 1902 (aged 34–35) Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Cause of death	Shot dead
Occupation	Brakeman
Killings
Date	April 6, 1902
Location(s)	Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Killed	7
Injured	2
Weapons	.45-caliber sixteen-shot Winchester rifle

William "Will" Reynolds was an American mass murderer who shot nine people, seven of them fatally, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States on April 6, 1902, before being shot dead himself.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

With the sheriff and five deputies of the Colbert County Sheriff's Department among those killed this was the deadliest incident in Alabama law enforcement history.^[8]

Victims

• Sheriff Charles Gassaway, 33^[9]
• Deputy William Gassaway, brother of Charles Gassaway
• Deputy Jesse Davis
• Deputy James Payne
• Deputy Pat A. Prout
• Deputy Bob Wallace
• Hugh Jones

Those wounded were: James Finney and Bob Patterson.^[10]

References

1. Desperado kills three, The New York Times (April 7, 1902)
2. Three died from wounds, The New York Times (April 8, 1902)
3. Three of the Wounded Dead, The Hartford Courant (April 8, 1902)
4. Negro slays white men, The Racine Journal (April 8, 1902)
5. Death of late sheriff's wife spurs memory tragedy that rocked south, TimesDaily (July 23, 1958)
6. 'Colbert's worst tragedy' occurred 70 years ago, TimesDaily (June 24, 1971)
7. A job well-done, TimesDaily (May 17, 1996)
8. Deadliest Days in Law Enforcement History, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
9. Sheriff Charles Gassaway at The Officer Down Memorial Page
10. Five dead and two dying, The Indianapolis Journal (April 8, 1902)

External links

• Murderpedia