Joplin Police Department, Missouri
End of Watch Saturday, December 8, 1917
William Wolsey
Detective Wolsey was shot and killed by a suspect who attempted to rob him. While standing street corner a suspect attempted to rob Detective Wolsey and a citizen he was talking with. The suspects stuck a pistol in Woolsey’s abdomen but the detective still went for his own gun. The detective’s gun misfired, and as Detective Wolsey pulled the trigger a second time, so did the suspect. Both guns fired and both men fell to the ground and died.
Bio
- Age Not available
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Shot and killed
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