St. Joseph Police Department, Missouri
End of Watch: Sunday, April 4, 1926
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 4, 1926
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Corporal Walter Wood was shot and killed when he interrupted two subjects burglarizing a billiards hall at 723-1/2 Edmond Street at about 4:30 am.
He was walking to meet two other officers at the intersection of 8th Street and Felix Street when he encountered the two men standing at the 8th Street entrance to the billiards hall. The men opened fire on him without warning, fatally wounding him.
Corporal Wood had served with the St. Joseph Police Department for two years.