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Police Officer Wallace B. Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

Police Officer

Wallace B. "Chappie" Chapman

Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch: Sunday, June 13, 1948

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 41

Tour: 3 years

Badge # 3934

Military veteran

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 6/13/1948

Weapon: Officer's handgun

Suspect: Convicted of murder

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Officer Chapman was shot to death while arresting a man who two women said had been insulting him. While at a call box at 8th and Poplar streets, the suspect knocked Officer Chapman down, took his service revolver, and shot him repeatedly.

The 21-year-old suspect was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison.

Officer Chapman was a WWII veteran and had served with the agency for 3 years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Chappie, you served your country twice; as a soldier and a police officer. You are not forgotten and your memory lives on. There is a plague dedicated to you at the Forensic Science Center located 50 yards from where you perished many years ago. A ceremony was held there in May of 2007. Two of your colleagues (91, and 92 years-old) were there and shared their memories of you. Members of your family attended, including your grandson, who is an FBI agent. God bless you and thank you for your service.

Keith Sadler, Chief of Police
Lancaster Bureau of Police, Philadelphia Police (ret.)
March 13, 2012

 

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