Arnold Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Thursday, April 2, 1953
Age: 46
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 2, 1953
Weapon Used: Rifle; .30-.30
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Sergeant Ernest Johnson and Chief Michael Peltz were shot after responding to a crazed man with a gun call on 4th Avenue. A man had barricaded himself on his back porch and was threatening to shoot people.
In an exchange of gunfire with several officers, Sergeant Johnson was shot in the abdomen and died at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington. Two other officers were also wounded and the suspect was killed. Chief Peltz was transported to a local hospital where he died two days later.
Sergeant Johnson was a U.S Army veteran of WWII.