Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch: Tuesday, February 3, 1953
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 3, 1953
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1956
Police Officer Edward Fritz was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle on NW 119th Street, near 20th Avenue, that was fleeing a robbery.
He was unaware that the occupants were wanted for a series of robberies in the area and was shot as he approached the vehicle. The three suspects were apprehended. Two of them were convicted and executed for the murder in 1956.
Officer Fritz had served with the Dade County Road Patrol for two years.