Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Thursday, February 22, 1912
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 22, 1912
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Railroad Detective Joseph Kroskey was shot and killed in Guthrie, Oklahoma, while assisting city police officers search a train for two armed robbers.
As the city officers arrested one of the suspects Detective Kroskey engaged the second suspect in a running gun battle. He was struck in the neck by one of the shots and killed.
Detective Kroskey had served with the agency for one year.