Bio & Incident Details
Age: 38
Tour: 13 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/13/1919
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to 15 to 20 years
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Patrolman Deininger was shot and killed by two auto theft suspects during a stake out. Five suspects were apprehended and two were charged with his murder.
One of the suspects was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison. On May 25, 1920, he escaped from prison with two other men. He surrendered to authorities in Middlesex County three months later. One of the other escapees was serving a life sentence for the murder of Patrolman Joseph C. Reiser of the Boston, Massachusetts Police Department on January 20, 1918. He was captured in Chicago on December 24, 1920.
Patrolman Deininger was survived by his wife and two children.
