Police Officer Henry G. Angell

Henry G. Angell

Officer Angell was shot and killed with his own service weapon after stopping to question a group of men at St. Aubin Street and East Warren Avenue. Officer Angell became suspicious of the men when he observed them walking down the street carrying a turkey. The men attacked him and violently beat him with his night stick and then shot him several times in the head, heart, stomach and leg with his service revolver.

Officer Angell had served with the Detroit Police Department for 7 years.