| Patrolman Edward L. Broadfoot
Memphis Police Department
Tennessee
End of Watch: Saturday, February 23, 1918 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 4 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, August 23, 1918
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: One killed; Two escaped Patrolman Broadfoot was shot and killed while conducting a check of a cafe at 546 Main Street. The officers had received information that there were bootleggers operating out of the Preferencia cafe. When Patrolman Broadfoot and his partner entered the cafe, they observed three suspicious men seated in the back of the room with a suit case on the floor next to them. As they approached the men, one man stood and walked towards the exit. Patrolman Broadfoot's partner stopped that suspect and questioned him. Patrolman Broadfoot continued to walk to the remaining two suspects. As he approached, one suspect stood and drew a gun from his belt and opened fire, killing Patrolman Broadfoot. Patrolman Broadfoot's partner returned fire, killing one suspect before he was wounded, but the other two suspects escaped. In April of 1919, a suspect closely fitting the description of one of the suspects shot and killed Patrolman A.L. White when Patrolman White showed up as his house to arrest him for an unrelated bicycle theft. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
