Trooper Giles Harmon was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Haywood County. ...The suspect was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on October 16, 1985. ...
Trooper Harmon was assigned to Trooper G, District 4, in Buncombe County. He had been a member of the North Carolina Highway Patrol for five years and had previously served as a Brevard, North Carolina, police officer. A section of Highway 276 in Brevard was renamed in his honor.
He was survived by his wife, who was a Buncombe County sheriff's deputy, and his parents.
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