Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # 10431
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/21/1931
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and killed by officers
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Patrolman Edwin Churchill and Patrolman Walter J. Webb were shot and killed by robbery suspects.
Patrolman Webb was in an automobile guarding a paymaster in the Bronx when two men approached and fatally shot him. Patrolman Churchill, who was on motorcycle duty, was shot and killed by the suspects after pursuing a taxi that two of the men tried to escape in.
Other officers continued the chase and two more patrolmen were shot before officers finally shot and killed all three suspects.
Patrolman Churchill was survived by his wife.
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