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Officer Willie Bonner Phares
Houston Police Department
Texas

End of Watch: Tuesday, September 30, 1930

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Weapon Used: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect Info: Executed in 1930

Officer Phares and Officer Edward Fitzgerald were shot and killed by one of two men as they approached their car to question them about a hold-up which had occurred minutes earlier at a furniture store. The suspects were captured a short time later.

The gunman was sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair on November 28, 1930.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TexasOfficer Edward D. Fitzgerald
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire

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