Officer Rogers and a fellow officer were on foot patrol looking for
several robbers in the Paw Creek community.Recent robberies of a drug store and a
service station, and the attempted robbery of a combination United States Post Office and
general store in west Mecklenburg County were believed to be the work of a single group.
Officer Rogers, 33 years old, and with the Mecklenburg County Police Department for 6
years, was one of a group of officers sent into that community to investigate these
robberies.
Around 3:00 a.m., August 30, 1929, a new Ford Roadster was observed on a side road and
it started to turn around. As the officers approached the car and identified themselves,
the driver of the vehicle opened fire and fatally wounded Officer Rogers. The assailant
was killed at the scene.
