Sometimes research catches you by surprise. I read on some public trees that a distant cousin of my husband had a son who died in his 20s. I was prepared for a car accident or some other accident that a twenty something young man might get himself into.
Boy, was I ever wrong.
This young man, Alvin Hallum, age 29, was a police officer in training in Dallas, Texas. Everything I can find on him speaks to a mature, responsible, and many other wonderful qualities of a young man...a man we all want to see as a police officer.
I didn't know this young man when he was alive. I don't know his family other than what I've found researching to add them all to the family tree. When researching, the people are not just names, they become real to me as I learn about them. I feel like I know him and when I discovered the cause of his death, it took my breath away.
He was murdered in the line of duty at a gas station. His partner was wounded. Alvin was reloading his gun when the assailant charged him and shot him in the head. DOA at the hospital. My heart aches for his then young wife and son.
The assailant tried to make a get-away, but was caught after leading officers in a chase and died in gunfire.
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