Death by Cop- 2024

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Jerry Lee Hollingsworth

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/

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/05/okaloosa-correctional-institute-officer-charged-soliciting-child/10245614002/