Pawtucket Police Department, Rhode Island
End of Watch: Monday, June 30, 1958
Age: 58
Tour of Duty: 37 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 30, 1958
Weapon Used: Handgun; .38 caliber
Suspect Info: Committed
Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale and Patrolman Emil Newberg were both shot and killed as they tried to disarm a suicidal man who had barricaded himself in a bathroom with a pistol. The suspect, 35, had walked away from a V A veterans mental institution in Brockton, Mass. on October 21, 1957. He was committed in Providence mental hospital where he died in 1983.
Detective Lieutenant Truesdale had served with the Pawtuckett Police Department for 37 years and was killed on his 58th birthday.