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This Gainesville police chief was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Day in 1890

Retired captain wants to put up memorial at the scene of the crime

Police Chief William Kittrell was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Day in 1890.

12262018 KITTRELL.jpg — Police Chief William Kittrell was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Day in 1890.

On a Christmas Day nearly 130 years ago, Gainesville Police Chief William Jones Kittrell responded to the train depot near what is now Industrial Boulevard to assist one of his officers.