Special Agent Joseph J. Brock
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Saturday, July 26, 1952

Biographical Info
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, July 26, 1952
Incident Location: New York
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1954

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.