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| Police Officer Rufus E. Daniels
Houston Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, August 23, 1917 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: 19 suspects executed Officer Rufus Daniels Officer Ira Raney, Officer Ross Patton, Officer Horace Moody, and Officer E. Meinke were all shot and killed during race riots which were sparked by the arrest of several black soldiers assigned to Camp Logan. After being harassed by local law enforcement and citizens a large mob of the soldiers stole rifles and went on a rampage, shooting and killing a total of 16 people throughout the city. Once all of the soldiers were taken into custody 110 of them were court-martialed and 19 of them were executed. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
