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Officer Raymond Zoller | West Haven Police Department, Connecticut
West Haven Police Department, Connecticut

Officer

Raymond Zoller

West Haven Police Department, Connecticut

End of Watch: Saturday, December 28, 1929

Biographical Info

Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 28, 1929
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Released

Officer Zoller was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast fired from inside a house being raided where liquor was being illegally distilled. He died in a squad car while being driven to the hospital by fellow officers. The suspect was eventually apprehended and charged with murder.

A judge ordered that the murder charge be dismissed and the suspect released because there was not a search warrant and Officer Zoller failed to identify himself as a police officer.