Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/9/1940
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1941
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Officer Robert Hart was shot and killed by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary. The inmate had escaped from the prison three weeks earlier, but came back and shot Officer Hart as he attempted to free a fellow inmate.
The inmate was convicted of first degree murder and hanged November 12, 1941.
