Bio & Incident Details
Age: 27
Tour: 9 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/6/1926
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to 10 years
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Officer Behrend succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained 9 years earlier while attempting to stop a robbery. Officer Behrend was shot in the head in the incident and was taken to Marine Hospital. Doctors were unable to remove the bullet.
Although crippled by the wound, Officer Behrend returned to work in a limited capacity. He finally succumbed to the wound in 1935.
Officer Behrend had served with the Detroit Police Department for 9 years.
