Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 16 years, 6 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/27/1924
Weapon: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect: Executed in 1925
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Patrolman Anthony Tekulve succumbed to gunshot wounds received two weeks earlier when he and a companion attempted to arrest a man who had been terrorizing citizens with a revolver. The suspect also killed his companion.
The suspect was convicted of first degree murder and executed in the electric chair on February 20, 1925.
Patrolman Tekulve had served with the agency for 16 and half years.
