Baton Rouge Police Department, Louisiana
End of Watch Monday, June 6, 1966
Joseph Sanchez
Sergeant Joseph Sanchez succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two months earlier while arresting a suspect for robbery.
The leg wound caused a blood clot to develop, which moved to his heart.
Sergeant Sanchez was a veteran of both WWII and the Korean War and had been a prisoner in a German POW camp for 20 months. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
Bio
- Age 47
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Saturday, April 16, 1966
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Not available
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