Ford Village Police Department, Michigan
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 4, 1922
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 4, 1922
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Never identified
Officer Ignatz Witkowski was shot and killed after being ambushed at the corner of 3rd Street and Davis Street in Wyandotte.
He had been followed by three suspects whom he had arrested several times for bootlegging. The men attacked him and shot him to death.
Officer Witkowski had served with the Ford Village Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife and seven children.