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Special Agent Joseph J. Brock | United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government

Special Agent

Joseph J. Brock

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government

End of Watch: Saturday, July 26, 1952

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 44

Tour: 11 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Location: New York

Incident Date: 7/26/1952

Weapon: Handgun

Suspect: Executed in 1954

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Agent Brock was shot and killed in New York City, New York, by a fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Agents had information that the suspect would be at a hotel that evening. They observed the man in the lobby on the phone and then enter an elevator to the ninth floor. The agents decided to wait for him to return to the lobby in order to make an arrest. Agent Brock took a position near a stairwell.

Instead of taking the elevator back down, the suspect took the stairs that Agent Brock was positioned in. He shot Agent Brock twice in the chest and then took his gun. He entered the lobby and engaged the other agents in a shootout before being wounded. He was convicted of Agent Brock's murder and executed at Sing Sing Prison, in New York, on August 12, 1954.

Agent Brock had been with the agency for eleven years.

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May you rest in peace always knowing that you will never be forgotten.

Cpl/1 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police
July 26, 2007

 

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