Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: 19 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Heart attack
Incident Date: 5/20/1980
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Lieutenant Bill Wilt suffered a fatal heart attack while rescuing a family from a burning house at 5:45 AM. Lieutenant Wilt was en rout to begin the 6:00 AM shift at the Western Penitentiary in
the Woods Run section of Pittsburgh when he noticed a house on fire on the city's Northside.
Upon seeing the fire, he immediately exited his vehicle, activated a nearby fire alarm, and then entered the home. He awoke and evacuated the five family members from the home. As he carried the last child out of the home he collapsed on the front steps.
Lieutenant Wilt had served with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for 19 years. He was survived by his wife and eight children.
Lieutenant Wilt's widow remarried James Pfeister, who was later killed in the line of duty while serving as chief of police of the Cresson Borough Police Department on June 8, 1996.
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