Death by Cop- 2024
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Jerry Lee Hollingsworth
Case # :733
Gender : Male
Age : 44
Race : White
Date : 06/06/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Defuniak Springs
County : Walton
State : Florida
Agency : Walton County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Walton County deputies arrived at the home of corrections officer Jerry Hollingsworth to arrest him for an Okaloosa warrant for missing a court date for soliciting a child online. Hollingsworth committed suicide under police duress. Officer Hollingsworth had been arrested in 2022 for soliciting a boy who turned out to be an officer.
Source links :
https://www.wjhg.com/2024/06/06/man-kills-himself-after-standoff-with-deputies-walton-county/
https://www.sheriff-okaloosa.org/walton-county-man-charged-with-online-solicitation-of-a-child/
