Bio & Incident Details
Age: 51
Tour: 24 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/18/1971
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Acquitted
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Patrolman Frank Buczek was shot in the back of the head and killed while working a special detail in a church parking lot at West 6th and Liberty Streets. It is thought that he was ambushed from behind and his service weapon stolen. He was killed just two blocks away from where Patrolman Robert Perry was killed on July 1, 1970.
Two suspects were arrested, members of the Plainfield, New Jersey Black Panther Party. Suspects later became members of the Black Liberation Arm. Both were acquitted at trial.
He had served with the agency for 24 years and was survived by his wife and three children. He was six months away from retirement.
