| Patrolman Walter Koella New Haven Police Department Connecticut End of Watch: Saturday, March 16, 1935 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Tuesday, March 5, 1935 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Executed in 1936 Patrolman Koella succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained almost two weeks earlier during a running shootout with a suspect. The suspect was arrested, sentenced to death, and hanged on April 7, 1936. The suspect's hanging was the last legal hanging in Connecticut before the state switched to electrocution. |