Fort Worth Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, February 7, 1952
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: 29 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 7, 1952
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Sentenced to 50 years
Detective Henry Cleveland was shot and killed when he and other detectives went to the home of a man wanted for a robbery earlier in the day.
The subject's wife and answered the door and informed officers that he wasn't home. As the officers started searching the home subject opened fire from a bedroom, fatally shooting Detective Cleveland in the back.
The man then exchanged shots with officers being being taken into custody. He was convicted of Detective Cleveland's murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison. Upon being released he was murdered by an ex-convict in Austin, Texas, in 1972.