Officer Edward D. Fitzgerald
Houston Police Department
Texas

End of Watch: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Officer 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.

 
Photograph: Officer Edward D. Fitzgerald

Patch image: Houston Police Department, Texas

Visit Officer Fitzgerald's memorial at www.ODMP.org