Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-20
SHOOTING
Man Found After Police
Comb Area for Six Hours

Skotta said. would not reply TO
the patrolmans questions. and
Pvt. Hunter led him across
the street toward a police call
q box. Then the bus driver
drove away since the incident
appeared to be Of a minor ma
ture.
Just after Mr.. Skotta left,
another bus reached the scene.
Its driver, Robley w. Evans, SO,
said he heard shots and saw
two men struggling on the
ground. One Of the men, Mr..
Evans said, got up and ran.
The other, Pvt. Hunter, stag
gered to his feet in pursuit,
then fell.
O. Pvt. Hunter apparently had
staggered across Nichols ave-
nue. to its west side, across
from the call box, after being
shot. His night stick and call
box key were found near the
call box. Nearby was a Rus
sian-type lambs-wool hat,
which witnesses said had been
worn by the man Pvt. Hunter
removed from the bus.
The policeman's service re-
volver was found next to his
body.
The suspect, detectives said,
told them he took the pistol
he was carrying from his aunt's
house without her knowledge.
The weapon, police said. is
registered in the aunt's name.
When it was taken from Jenk-
ins early today, it contained
one live bullet and five empty
shells.
The aunt said her nephew
who works as a diShwasher
has been unemployed for several
weeks. She said his wife was
operated on for minor tumor.
jenkins told detectives he
thought he had fired three or
four shots last night.
Deputy Chief Albert Embrey
said the suspect declared that
the policeman hit him on the
side of the head as they crossed
Nichols avenue. jenkins told
police, however, that he fired
the pistol once at the patrol
man when the latter refused to
''let me CO."
jenkins, police said, declared
that the policeman, despite
having been shot, would not
relinuuish his hold. SO he fired
two or three more shots and
ran, he told police.
Police later said the bullet
that struck Pvt. Hunter in the
chest had penetrated his rain
coat Just below his badge, on
the left side, and had drilled
through a ticket book in an
inside pocket before entering
his body. Another slug, doctors
said, ripped through his trou-
sers belt and into his stomach.
Hearing Is Held
At a hearing this morning
before United States Commits
sioner Sam Werlich, jenkins
was held without bond on a
first-degree murder complaint
filed by Detective Sergt. Edwin
c. Coppage Of the Homicide
Squad.
Commissioner Werlich, at
Jenkins request, continued a
preliminary hearing to April
4 to allow the prisoner time to
obtain an attorney. jenkins
told the commissioner that his
wife, Ollie Mae jenkins, 80, a
patient at the Hospital Center.
would be able to find him an
attorney.
During the hearing, Jenkins
did not respond readily to ques-
tons. But he asked the Com
missioner: Can ] get my
medicine from the house? I'm
due back at the hospital on
Wednesday"
Earlier. police said Jenkins
told them he had been re-
ceiving treatment for epilepsy.
Pvt. Hunter Joined the force
last April 2 and, after being
graduated from rookie school,
was assigned to the 18th pre-
cinct. A native Of Washington,
he was a graduate of Mckinley
Technical High School, where
he was a leading member of
the schools track team.
Before joining the police
force. Pvt. Hunter served four
years in the Navy.
He leaves his wife, Jacuue-
line, and two sons. Danny, 5,
and Rodney, 3, of 1910 Missis-
sippi avenue Sc, the home ad-
dress: his father, Lent Hunter
of 1915 d street NE; his moth
er, Mrs. Ida Hunter, Of 1922
Buchanan street NV; a BROTH
er, Lent Leroy Hunter. of l4l0
d street NE, and a sister,
Martha Ann Hunter, of 1891
rwenty-second street Sc.
He is also survived by two
grandmothers, Mrs. Ida Hunt
er. of the d street address, and
Mrs. Martha Williams, OF the
Buchanan street address. Fu-
neral arrangements have not
been completed.
Walter N. Tobriner, president
OF the District Board Of Com
missioners, said "the entire
city mourns the killing Of this
officer in the discharge Of his
duties"