Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 17 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/4/1927
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1928
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Sergeant Cantor and Detective Morris Borkin were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest following a robbery at a restaurant on Forsyth Street. One suspect was shot and killed. Two others were arrested and sentenced to death. One of the suspects went insane while awaiting execution and the second was executed in March 1928.
Detective Borkin was killed instantly. Sergeant Cantor succumbed to his wounds two weeks later.
The suspect was convicted of the murders and was sentenced to death.
Sergeant Cantor had served with the agency for 17 years and was assigned to the Detective Division.
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