Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
End of Watch: Tuesday, December 10, 1929
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
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.