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.

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.

Victims

Sheriff Charles Gassaway, 33
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.

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Sheriff Charles Gassaway

Colbert County Sheriff's Department, Alabama

End of Watch: Sunday, April 6, 1902

Sheriff Charles Gassaway and five Colbert County deputies were shot and killed when the sheriff attempted to arrest a suspect for obtaining goods under false pretenses. The suspect informed the sheriff that he would be ready to go in a moment but arrived at the door with a Winchester rifle. The suspect immediately shot Sheriff Gassaway, who was in the doorway, and the sheriff's brother, Deputy William Gassaway, who was standing a distance away.

The suspect then barricaded himself in the house as other deputies arrived at the scene. Firing from inside the house, the suspect shot and mortally wounded Deputy Bob Wallace, Deputy Pat Prout, Deputy James Payne, and Deputy Jesse Davis.

The suspect was eventually shot and killed after members of the the Alabama state militia, known as the Wheeler Rifles, shot over 1,000 rounds at the suspect. The suspect's body was then thrown into his burning house, that had been set on fire in an attempt to smoke him out.

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