Officer Charles Sleigh Carlisle, Wichita Falls Police Department, Texas

Officer Charles Sleigh Carlisle

Wichita Falls Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Thursday, June 29, 1933

Charles Sleigh Carlisle

Officer Carlisle succumbed to gunshot wounds received two days earlier while he and his partner tried to question a man about an aggravated robbery.

The 20-year-old suspect was arrested three days later in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years. His prison job, which was a auto mechanic, allowed him to drive outside of the prison. He was killed in an automobile accident on January 20, 1939.

Bio

Age 30
Tour Not available
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Tuesday, June 27, 1933
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Deceased

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Rest in Peace Police Officer Charles Sleigh Carlisle. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice protecting the citizens of Wichita Falls, Texas.

I Pray for Peace for your Family. I also Pray that the hounds of hell forever gnaw on the soul of the scum responsible for your murder.

Amen.

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood (Ret)
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston, TX

June 30, 2016