Bio & Incident Details
Age: 38
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/29/1901
Weapon: Officer's handgun
Suspect: Acquitted of murder
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Detective Lieutenant Foulks was shot and killed by a suspect during a violent strike between union molders and non-union molders filling their positions. Lieutenant Foulks and another officer were searching for a wanted man when they heard gunshots in the crowd. The officers ran towards the crowd and Lieutenant Foulks, who was in plain clothes, immediately began to struggle with one of the strikers. During the struggle his revolver fell out the man picked it up and shot him with it. The man was later arrested but was subsequently acquitted of murder charges, claiming he did not know Lieutenant Foulks was a police officer and that he was acting in self defense.
Lieutenant Foulks was survived by his wife and six children.
