Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/12/1953
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1957
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Officer George Cassels was shot and killed during a foot chase of a robbery suspect on 16th Street, NW.
Officer Cassels had been waiting for another off duty officer to meet him when the store owner exited the store and informed him of the robbery. Officer Cassels immediately began chasing the suspect and entered an alley. As Officer Cassels exited the alley, the assailant was waiting and shot him.
The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He was subsequently executed on April 26, 1957.
Officer Cassels had been employed with the Metropolitan Police Department for two years and is survived by his wife.
