| Officer Edward D. Fitzgerald
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 Fitzgerald and Officer Willie Phares 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 | 
