Scranton Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Wednesday, December 27, 1933
Age: 52
Tour of Duty: 24 years, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 27, 1933
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Captain Gleason was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man in a hotel room on Wyoming Avenue. Captain Gleason and another officer went to the hotel room where a man wanted for robbery in Binghamton, New York, was supposed to be. When the other officer knocked on the door the suspect jumped from his room window to a fire escape where Captain Gleason was standing guard. The suspect and Captain Gleason exchanged gunfire killing each other.
Captain Gleason served with the Scranton Police Department for 24 and a half years. He was a widower and survived by his daughter.