Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 1 year
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/21/1921
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Executed in 1921
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Police Officer Angle and Police Officer Neil McMillan were shot and killed at approximately 9:00 pm by a man they suspected was carrying a weapon on Broadway Avenue, at East Harrison Street. When the officers began to search the suspect, he produced a handgun and shot both officers.
One hour later, the same suspect shot and killed Detective James O'Brien when he and his partner attempted to question him.
Officer Angle succumbed to his wounds in the early morning hours of January 22.
The suspect was eventually apprehended and hanged in Walla Walla Prison on April 1, 1921.
Officer Angle had been with the Seattle Police Department for one year. He was survived by his expectant wife.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Detective James J. O'Brien |
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Police Officer Neil McMillan |
