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Officer Ross H. Kaylor | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

Officer

Ross H. Kaylor

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

End of Watch: Tuesday, December 10, 1929

Biographical Info

Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
Date of Incident: December 10, 1929
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Ross Kaylor was killed when his motorcycle struck a streetcar on C Street, NE, while he was chasing a whiskey runner.

He sustained major head injuries and died at the scene.

Officer Kaylor was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWI and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.