| Officer Charles F. Castor San Francisco Police Department California End of Watch: Sunday, November 26, 1911 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: 22 years Badge Number: 314 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Sunday, November 26, 1911 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Not available Officer Castor and Officer Thomas Finnelly were shot and killed when they attempted to arrest a suspect that was wanted for murder in Veley, Greece. The officer were informed by an informant that the suspect would be arriving in San Francisco on that day at the Ferry Building.
When the officers attempted to arrest the suspect they were both shot by the suspect. The suspect also shot and killed the informant, who pointed him out to the police.
Officer Castor had served with the agency for 22 years. He was survived by his wife and six sons. Related Line of Duty Deaths |