Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/20/1930
Weapon: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect: Executed in 1930
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Officer Edward Fitzgerald and Officer Willie Phares were shot and killed by one of two men as they approached their car to question them about a hold-up which had occurred minutes earlier at a furniture store. The suspects were captured a short time later.
The gunman was sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair on November 28, 1930.
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