Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/11/1923
Weapon: Rifle; .38 caliber
Suspect: Executed in 1924
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Captain Ruby was shot by a suspect he was trying to take to the police station as a witness in a minor incident.
After a disturbance, Captain Ruby and another officer had apprehended one man and when Ruby tried to take the suspect in, he asked to change his clothes and was denied. The suspect then took a step back and while exclaiming that he wouldn't go, drew the .38 and shot and killed Captain Ruby.
The suspect fled and was shot and wounded by other officers and then was beaten by several men before he could be brought in. He was eventually convicted of murdering Captain Ruby and was executed on April 15, 1924.
