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'''J. D. Carter''' (first name possibly '''John'''<ref>[http://www.floridastatefop.org/heroes_complete.asp "Roll Call of Heroes", Florida State Fraternal Order of Police]</ref>) (d. [[April 4]], [[1909]]) was a [[Pensacola Police Department|Pensacola police officer]] found dead at [[Aragon Street]] and [[Luke's Alley]]. He had been stabbed in the heart while attempting to arrest a black man, allegedly [[David Alexander]], in the early morning hours of April 4. After making the arrest, the man managed to stab Carter. Though he was wounded fatally, he purued the man for approximately fifty yards, firing off two shots, before collaping into the street and dying.<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UZtZE8urrsYC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22dave+alexander%22+pensacola+1909&source=web&ots=FDzTOjmyeO&sig=W5cljmDzRO4F8LRIQvBNj6shJVo Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925]''. William Wilbanks (1998)</ref> | '''J. D. Carter''' (first name possibly '''John'''<ref>[http://www.floridastatefop.org/heroes_complete.asp "Roll Call of Heroes", Florida State Fraternal Order of Police]</ref>) (d. [[April 4]], [[1909]]) was a [[Pensacola Police Department|Pensacola police officer]] found dead at [[Aragon Street]] and [[Luke's Alley]]. He had been stabbed in the heart while attempting to arrest a black man, allegedly [[David Alexander]], in the early morning hours of April 4. After making the arrest, the man managed to stab Carter. Though he was wounded fatally, he purued the man for approximately fifty yards, firing off two shots, before collaping into the street and dying.<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=UZtZE8urrsYC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22dave+alexander%22+pensacola+1909&source=web&ots=FDzTOjmyeO&sig=W5cljmDzRO4F8LRIQvBNj6shJVo Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925]''. William Wilbanks (1998)</ref> | ||
