Los Angeles Police Department, California
End of Watch Sunday, May 22, 1938
Add to My HeroesGeorge C. Howard
Lieutenant George Howard was shot and killed by a mentally disturbed subject whom he had ejected from a streetcar after the man threatened the driver and passengers. As both Lieutenant Howard and the subject stepped off of the streetcar the man pulled out a Luger pistol and shot him in the back of the head.
The suspect was a 66-year-old private detective who said he could not remember what he did. He was found to be insane and committed at the Camarillo State Mental Hospital where he died in 1946.
Lieutenant Howard was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and child.
Bio
- Age 46
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Handgun; Luger
- Offender Died in mental institution
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