United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, March 26, 1916
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: March 26, 1916
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Correctional Officer Andrew Turner was killed when a prisoner at Leavenworth Federal Prison, Kansas, stabbed him in the mess hall.
The suspect was sent to solitary confinement where he spent the rest of his life. The suspect, later known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, died in 1963.
Officer Turner had served with the Federal Bureau of Prison for three years and had served in the United States Army. He was survived by his wife and two children and is buried in section H grave 3556-A of Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.